Gabrielle Colonna-Romano

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Gabrielle Colonna-Romano /
Colanna Romano
Jeune femme à la rose, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1913), portraying Gabrielle Colonna-Romano
Born
Gabrielle Colonna-Romano

January 17 1888
DiedFebruary 2 1981
Resting placeRueil-Malmaison cemetery
Occupation(s)Stage and film actress
Spouse(s)1) Alfred Edwards
2) Pierre Alcover

Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (January 17 1888 – February 2 1981) or Colanna Romano (name as a cinema actress), born Gabrielle Dreyfus, was a French actress, famous as a tragedian, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1913 to 1936, and as a student of Sarah Bernhardt.[1] She appeared in several plays and poetry readings (notably of works by the Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux). She had an affair with Pierre Renoir, and modeled for several paintings by his father Auguste Renoir, notably Jeune femme à la rose (1913).[2] In England, she met and became friends with Marie Bell, on whose advice she decided to present herself to the Conservatoire.

She was the sixth and final wife of the millionaire press-magnate Alfred Edwards, and after his death married the actor Pierre Alcover. She and Alcover are buried together in the Rueil-Malmaison cemetery.

She gives her name to the "Prix Colonna-Romano de tragédie classique" at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris.

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Societe-historique. "Gabrielle Colonna Romano | Société Historique de Rueil-Malmaison" (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. ^ McEvoy, Sean (2016-02-26). Theatrical Unrest: Ten Riots in the History of the Stage, 1601-2004. Routledge. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-317-42860-2.
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