Biography

Tania Balachova was born on February 25, 1902 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. She was an actress and writer, known for Rose (1936), Les frères Karamazov (1969) and The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972). She was married to Raymond Rouleau. She died on August 4, 1973 in La Ferté-Macé, Orne, France.

Tania Balachova as a French actress and director of Russian origin.

Her family emigrated to Brussels, where she studied at the Royal Conservatory. It was at the conservatory that she met her future husband, the Belgian actor Raymond Rouleau.

After World War II, she became one of the most influential actor training teachers in France.

She originated the role of Inès in Jean-Paul Sartre's Huis Clos [No Exit] at the Vieux-Colombier Theatre in May 1944.

Balachova and Rouleau collaborated with Gaston Baty, Charles Dullin, Louis Jouvet, Georges Pitoëff , and Antonin Artaud, among others.