Léone Nogarède
Léone Nogarède (born February 10, 1926 in Beuvry ) is a French actress and art critic .
Life
Léone Nogarède was born in Beuvry in the Pas-de-Calais department in 1926. She began her career as an actress in the 1940s at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT), where she worked with Maurice Ronet , among others . In 1947 Nogarède appeared together with Jean Vilar at the first Avignon Festival taking place in the role of Queen in William Shakespeare's Richard II . In 1948 and 1949 she also appeared at the festival together with Vilar. In 1948 and 1950 Léone Nogarède was seen in supporting roles in the films Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin and Cartouche, roi de Paris .
In the 1950s, Nogarède appeared under the pseudonym Léone Laisner at various theaters in Paris . At the first Festival d'Anjou in the Maine-et-Loire department in 1950, she played together with Maria Casarès under the direction of Albert Camus , who was also the organizer of the festival. In 1956 Nogarède ended her career due to a serious illness.
She was married to actor Yves Brainville since 1946 . The couple had three daughters between 1959 and 1964.
After her career as a stage actress, Léone Nogarède worked as an art critic. In 1988 she was appointed General Secretary of the Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art . In 1993 Nogarède resigned from this post because of her husband's health. He died that same year. In 2010, after more than fifty years of absence from the stage, Léone Nogarède appeared again at the Avignon Festival in a play by her daughter Olivia Grandville.
Theatrography (selection)
- 1946: La Folle de Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux , Théâtre de l'Athénée (director: Louis Jouvet )
- 1947: Richard II by William Shakespeare , Avignon Festival (Director: Jean Vilar )
- 1948: Danton's death by Georg Büchner , Avignon Festival (director: Jean Vilar)
- 1949: Oedipus by André Gide , Avignon Festival (Direction: Jean Vilar)
Filmography
- 1948: Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin
- 1950: Cartouche, roi de Paris
Web links
- Léone Nogarède in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on franceinter.fr (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nogarède, Léone |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laisner, Léone (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actress and art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beuvry , France |