Geneviève Sorya

Geneviève Sorya
Born Geneviève Marie Thérèse Durand
(1912-06-23)23 June 1912
Paris, France
Died 23 March 2008(2008-03-23) (aged 95)
Paris, France
Occupation Actress

Geneviève Sorya (23 June 1912 - 23 March 2008) was a French stage and film actress. She was also known as the mother of Academy Award-nominated actress Anouk Aimée.[1]

Personal life

Geneviève Marie Thérèse Durand was the daughter of André and Émilie Durand, and was married to French actor Henry Murray (born Henri Dreyfus), with whom she had a daughter, who became actress Anouk Aimée. Sorya studied at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris.[2]

Career

Sorya performed in over fifteen films, including The End of the Day, and The Man of the Hour (1937) with Maurice Chevalier although she was primarily a stage actress in her native Paris. In 1981 she appeared in the film What Puts David with her daughter. [3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Profile, google.com; accessed 15 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Profile, gw.geneanet.org; accessed 15 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Profile, jwa.org; accessed 15 December 2015.

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