Hélène Perdrière

Hélène Perdrière

Birthday: 1910-04-17

Place of Birth: Asnières, Seine [now Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine], France

Biography: Hélène Perdrière (born 17 April 1912 in Asnieres-sur-Seine, died 27 August 1992 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French stage and film actress. After earning a first prize for comedy at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1928, she became the first resident of Comédie-French. She resigned to become the partner of Pierre Fresnay in the boulevard theaters of the time, before returning to the Comédie-French circuit in April 1952, and remaining until its end in December 1973. She then went on to play with the Renaud-Barrault Company until her retirement a year later. At the Comédie-French, she staged several plays of Marivaux. She was also an election interpreter. Source: Article "Hélène Perdrière" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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