Maria Ventura

{{Short description|Romanian-French actress and theatre director}} {{Infobox person | image =Marie Ventura par Charles Gir.jpg | caption = | name = Marie Ventura | birth_name = Aristida Maria Ventura | birth_date = 14 July 1888 | birth_place = Bucharest, Romania | death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|12|3|1888|7|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | othername = | occupation = Actress | years active = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journeedelafemme.com/histoire-acces-pouvoir-politique-des-femmes-1.htm |title=La grande histoire de la lutte des femmes |accessdate=2014-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107222958/http://www.journeedelafemme.com/histoire-acces-pouvoir-politique-des-femmes-1.htm |archivedate=2015-01-07 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ventura, Marie}} Category:1888 births Category:1954 deaths Category:Burials at Passy Cemetery Category:Actresses from Bucharest Category:French stage actresses Category:French silent film actresses Category:Romanian emigrants to France Category:20th-century French actresses Category:Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française