Béatrix Dussane
Béatrix Dussane | |
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Born | Béatrice Dussan 9 March 1888 Paris |
Died | 3 March 1969 Paris | (aged 80)
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) | Lucien Coulond |
Béatrice Dussan, called Béatrix Dussane, (9 March 1888 - 3 March 1969) was a French stage actress. Admitted at the Comédie-Française in 1903, she became the 363th sociétaire in 1922. A street in the 15th arrondissement of Paris is named after her.
Biography[]
Née Dussan, she added an "e" to her last name to mimic the great actress of the time Rejane (pseudonym of Gabrielle Réju). A first prize of classic comedy crowned her efforts 22 July 1903. She was immediately engaged as a boarder by Jules Claretie, the then director of the Comédie-Française. On 23 September, she made her debut in The Imaginary Invalid (role of Toinette). Named an associate in 1922, she sat on the board from 1935 to 1942.
A teacher at the Conservatoire d'Art dramatique de Paris, Sophie Desmarets, Robert Hirsch, Michel Bouquet, Maria Casarès, Serge Reggiani, Daniel Gélin, Gérard Oury, , Alice Sapritch, Gilles Claude Thierrault and many others were her students.
In the 1920s, she lectured, collaborated in different magazines (including , , Le Journal de la femme, , Le Journal, etc.) and published several books on theatre. From 1951, she had a column in Le Mercure de France.[1]
Towards the end of her career, she produced radio and television programs devoted to the history of theater: Au jour et aux lumières, Des chandelles aux projecteurs, Tréteaux, racontez moi, etc.
She was very a close friend of the poet Tristan Derème until his death in 1941. Dussane was married to Lucien Coulond, a playwright and journalist at Gil Blas, Comœdia and LeJournal.
She is buried at Père Lachaise cemetery (95th division).
Theatre[]
Comédie-Française[]
- Admission at the Comédie-Française in 1903
- Sociétaire from 1922 to 1941
- 363th sociétaire
- Honorary sociétaire in 1942
- 1903: Les Précieuses ridicules by Molière as Toinette
- 1905: Don Quixote by Jean Richepin after Miguel de Cervantes
- 1906: La Courtisane by André Arnyvelde
- 1906: Les Mouettes by Paul Adam
- 1907: L'Étincelle by Édouard Pailleron
- 1907: L'amour veille by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet
- 1908: Le Bon Roi Dagobert by André Rivoire
- 1909: La Robe rouge by Eugène Brieux
- 1912: Sapho by Alphonse Daudet and Adolphe Belot
- 1912: Poil de carotte by Jules Renard
- 1914: Le Prince charmant by Tristan Bernard
- 1920: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- 1921: The School for Husbands by Molière
- 1921: La Coupe enchantée by Jean de La Fontaine and Champmeslé
- 1921: Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Molière
- 1922: by Molière
- 1922: Vautrin by Edmond Guiraud after Honoré de Balzac
- 1923: Jean de La Fontaine ou Le Distrait volontaire by Louis Geandreau and Léon Guillot de Saix
- 1924: Je suis trop grand pour moi by Jean Sarment
- 1928: Le Quatrième by Martial Piéchaud
- 1933: Monsieur Vernet by Jules Renard, directed by Charles Granval
- 1935: Madame Quinze by Jean Sarment, directed by the author
- 1936: Le Voyage à Biarritz by Jean Sarment, directed by the author
- 1937: Business is business by Octave Mirbeau, directed by Fernand Ledoux
Hors Comédie-Française[]
- 1947 : Richard II by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean Vilar, 1st festival d'Avignon
- 1947 : L'Histoire de Tobie et de Sara by Paul Claudel, directed by , 1st festival d'Avignon
- 1951 : Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, directed by , parvise of the Saint-Jean cathedral of Lyon
Cinema[]
- 1968 : by Claude Autant-Lara : The elegant lady
Bibliography[]
- La Comédie-Française, Paris, La Renaissance du livre, 1921 (rééd. Hachette, 1960)
- Le Comédien sans paradoxe, Paris, Plon, 1933
- Un comédien nommé Molière, Paris, Plon, 1936 (rééd. Plon, 1956)
- Sophie Arnould, la plus spirituelle des bacchantes, Paris, Albin Michel, 1938
- Mes quatre Comédies-Françaises, de Claretie à Bourdet, Paris, Le Divan, 1939
- Du nouveau sur Racine, Paris, Le Divan, 1941
- Les Vers que je dis, pourquoi ne les diriez-vous pas ?, Paris, Le Divan, 1943
- Reines de théâtre (1633-1941), Lyon, H. Lardanchet, 1944
- Notes de théâtre (1940-1950), Lyon, H. Lardanchet, 1951
- Maria Casarès, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1953
- Au jour et aux lumières. 1 - Premiers pas dans le temple, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1955
- Au jour et aux lumières. 2 - Par les fenêtres, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1958
- Le Théâtre, Paris, Hachette, 1958
- Cas de conscience du comédien, Paris, Fleurus, 1960
- J'étais dans la salle, Paris, Mercure de France, 1963 - Recueil de chroniques publiées entre 1951 et 1962
- Dieux des planches, Paris, Flammarion, 1964
Further reading[]
- Nadine Audoubert, Dussane ou la Servante de Molière, Paris, France-Empire, 1977
References[]
- ^ Source : Plaisir de France, janvier 1954
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Béatrix Dussane. |
- Fonds Béatrix Dussane dans le Répertoire des arts du spectacle (BNF)
- Interview de Beatrix Dussane (08/01/1961) sur le site de l'INA
- (in French) DUSSANE Béatrix (1888-1969)
- 20th-century French actresses
- Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
- Actresses from Paris
- 1888 births
- 1969 deaths
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery