Véra Korène born June 6, 1901 - died November 19, 1996, was a Russian-born French actress and singer. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Véra Korène

Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish extraction, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to three specific events in the history of Imperial Russia. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Using the francized name Korène, she began her career in the theatre but also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. A mainstay of the Parisian stage, in the 1950s she organized her own theatre production company, putting on performances at the Comédie Française. In 1956 she was named director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, a position she held until 1978.

Véra Korène died in 1996 in Louveciennes in a senior citizens home and was interred in the Cimetière de Pantin in the Parisian suburb of Pantin. Louveciennes is a village and commune in the Yvelines département, in France, in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi. ... Pantin is a town and commune of France, in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, on which it is bordering. ...

Partial Filmography:

• La voix sans visage (1933)
• Belle de nuit (1933)
• Sept hommes... une femme (1936)
• L'argent (1936)
• Le batelier de la Volga (1936)
• Au service du tsar (1936)
• Deuxième Bureau (Second Bureau) (1936)
• Tamara la complaisante (1937)
• Double crime sur la ligne Maginot (1937)
• La danseuse rouge, 1937 (The Red Dancer) (1937)
• Café de Paris (1938)
• La brigade sauvage (1939)