Maria Ventura

Marie Ventura
Born
Aristida Maria Ventura

14 July 1888
Bucharest, Romania
Died3 December 1954(1954-12-03) (aged 66)
Paris, France
OccupationActress

Marie Ventura (born Aristida Maria Ventura 14 July 1888 - 3 December 1954) was a Romanian-French actress and theatre director. From 1919 to 1941 she worked at the Comédie-Française. In 1938, she directed Iphigénie by Racine, becoming the first women to direct a play at the Comédie-Française.[1]

  1. ^ "La grande histoire de la lutte des femmes". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2014-12-09.