Tania Balachova

Tania Balachova Russian Таня Балашова diminutive of Татьяна Павловна Балашова Tatiana Pavlovna Balachova 19021973 was a French actress and director of Russian origin After World War II she would become one of the most influential actor training teachers in France Balachova was born in Saint Petersburg on February 25 1902 Her family emigrated to Brussels where she studied at the Royal Conservatory It was at the conservatory that she met her future husband the Belgian actor Raymond Rouleau Balachova and Rouleau married and moved together to Paris There they collaborated with Gaston Baty Charles Dullin Louis Jouvet Georges Pitoëff and Antonin Artaud among others They separated in 1940 though they continued to work together professionally She originated the role of Inès in JeanPaul Sartres Huis Clos No Exit at the VieuxColombier Theatre in May 1944 She went on to become one of the most influential actortraining teachers in France training many of the next generation of theatre and cinema talent in France She died in BagnolesdelOrne France on 4 August 1973 of a heart attack Source Article Tania Balachova from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30