{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} '''Paulette Pax''' (née '''Paulette Ménard'''<ref name=bnf>{{Cite web |url=http://data.bnf.fr/14653868/paulette_pax/ |title=Paulette Pax |publisher=data.bnf.fr |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=archives>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesarchivesduspectacle.net/?IDX_Personne=49945 |title=Paulette Pax [Paulette Ménard] |date=4 October 1886 |publisher=Les Archives du Spectacle |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> born in 1887 in Russia – died in 1942 in Paris) was a French actress, theatre director and scenographer.
She co-directed the Théâtre de l'Œuvre from 1929 until her death<ref name=bnf/> succeeding Bella Rossellini.
== Theatre ==
=== Comedian === Selection of plays interpreted by Paulette Pax:<ref name=archives/> * 1920: ''La Couronne de carton'' by Jean Sarment * 1921: ''La Gloire'' by Maurice Rostand * 1921: ''Uncle Vanya'' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Sacha Pitoëff * 1922: ''La Mort de Molière'' by Maurice Rostand * 1923: ''L'Éveil du fauve'' by Edward Knoblauch * 1924: ''Jeanne d'Arc'' by Charles Péguy, directed by Fernand Crommelynck * 1925: ''Tripes d'or'' by Fernand Crommelynck, directed by Louis Jouvet * 1926: ''Sardanapalus'', directed by Georges Pitoëff * 1926: ''L'Absolution'' by José Germain Drouilly * 1926: ''Comme ci'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Georges Pitoëff * 1927: ''Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores'' by George Bernard Shaw * 1929: ''Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Georges Pitoëff * 1935: ''La Complainte de Pranzini et de Thérèse de Lisieux'' by Henri Ghéon, directed by Georges Pitoëff * 1936: ''Dame Nature'' by André Birabeau, sous la direction de Paulette Pax, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre * 1939: ''The Lady of the Camellias'' by Alexandre Dumas, fils, directed by Georges Pitoëff * 1941: ''L'Amazone aux bas bleus'' by Albert Boussac de Saint-Marc, directed by Paulette Pax
=== Theatre director === * 1932: ''L'Hermine'' by Jean Anouilh * 1933: ''Milmort'' by Paul Demasy * 1934: ''Une femme libre'' by Armand Salacrou, mise en scène Paulette Pax * 1935: ''Dame nature'' by André Birabeau, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre * 1936: ''Un homme comme les autres'' by Armand Salacrou, with Jean-Louis Barrault, at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre * 1937: ''Gli indifferenti'' by Alberto Moravia * 1938: ''Je vivrai un grand amour'' by Steve Passeur * 1938: ''Le Jardin d'Ispahan'' by Jean-Jacques Bernard
== Filmography == * 1938: ''The Novel of Werther'' by Max Ophüls as aunt Emma * 1938: ''Gibraltar'' by Fedor Ozep: Mme Nichols * 1939: ''The White Slave'' by Marc Sorkin as Safète's friend
== Publication == * ''Journal d'une comédienne française: sous la terreur bolchevik, 1917–1918''.
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pax, Paulette}} Category:French theatre directors Category:French women theatre directors Category:French stage actresses Category:1887 births Category:1942 deaths Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France