Tania Balachova

Tania Balachova

Born: February 25, 1902
Died: August 4, 1973
in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (Russia)
Tania Balachova (Russian: Таня Балашова, diminutive of Татьяна Павловна Балашова [Tatiana Pavlovna Balachova]) (1902-1973) 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 Jean-Paul Sartre's Huis Clos [No Exit] at the Vieux-Colombier Theatre in May 1944. She went on to become one of the most influential actor-training teachers in France, training many of the next generation of theatre and cinema talent in France.

She died in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne France, on 4 August 1973 of a heart attack.

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Movies for Tania Balachova...

Fall of a Body
Title: Fall of a Body
Character: Mme Lanzmann
Released: September 28, 1973
Type: Movie
The body of a young woman falls on the terrace of Martha, who intrigued, meets her neighbor. In contact with this strange man, she learns to have a different look about her own life and her marital problems.
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Title: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character: Louis Toulouse's mother
Released: December 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
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Marie-Martine
Title: Marie-Martine
Released: May 11, 1943
Type: Movie
The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life with her. Will the scandal separate them?
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Rose
Title: Rose
Released: February 21, 1936
Type: Movie