Paulette Pax

Paulette Pax (née Paulette Ménard^[1]^[2] born in 1887 in Russia – died in 1942 in Paris) was a French actress, theatre director and scenographer.

She co-directed the Théâtre de l'Œuvre from 1929 until her death^[1] succeeding Bella Rossellini.

Theatre

Comedian

Selection of plays interpreted by Paulette Pax:^[2]

1920: La Couronne de carton by Jean Sarment
1921: La Gloire by Maurice Rostand
1921: Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by Sacha Pitoëff
1922: La Mort de Molière by Maurice Rostand
1923: L'Éveil du fauve by Edward Knoblauch
1924: Jeanne d'Arc by Charles Péguy, directed by Fernand Crommelynck
1925: Tripes d'or by Fernand Crommelynck, directed by Louis Jouvet
1926: Sardanapalus, directed by Georges Pitoëff
1926: L'Absolution by José Germain Drouilly
1926: Comme ci by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Georges Pitoëff
1927: Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores by George Bernard Shaw
1929: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Georges Pitoëff
1935: La Complainte de Pranzini et de Thérèse de Lisieux by Henri Ghéon, directed by Georges Pitoëff
1936: Dame Nature by André Birabeau, sous la direction de Paulette Pax, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre
1939: The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, directed by Georges Pitoëff
1941: L'Amazone aux bas bleus by Albert Boussac de Saint-Marc, directed by Paulette Pax

Theatre director

1932: L'Hermine by Jean Anouilh
1933: Milmort by Paul Demasy
1934: Une femme libre by Armand Salacrou, mise en scène Paulette Pax
1935: Dame nature by André Birabeau, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre
1936: Un homme comme les autres by Armand Salacrou, with Jean-Louis Barrault, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre
1937: Gli indifferenti by Alberto Moravia
1938: Je vivrai un grand amour by Steve Passeur
1938: Le Jardin d'Ispahan by Jean-Jacques Bernard

Filmography

1938: The Novel of Werther by Max Ophüls as aunt Emma
1938: Gibraltar by Fedor Ozep: Mme Nichols
1939: The White Slave by Marc Sorkin as Safète's friend

Publication

Journal d'une comédienne française: sous la terreur bolchevik, 1917–1918.

References

^ ^a ^b "Paulette Pax". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Paulette Pax [Paulette Ménard]". Les Archives du Spectacle. 4 October 1886. Retrieved 27 April 2016.