Tania Balachova

• Name — Tania Balachova • Birth Name — Tatiana Pavlovna Balachova • Born — 5 February 1902 • Birthplace — St. Petersburg, Russia • Place of death — Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France • Education — Royal Conservatory of Brussels • Occupation — Actor, director, acting teacher • Spouse — Raymond Rouleau

Balachova was born in Saint Petersburg on 25 February 1902. Her family emigrated to Brussels, where she studied at the Royal Conservatory. It was at the conservatory that she met her future husband, Belgian actor Raymond Rouleau.

Balachova and Rouleau married and moved together to Paris. There, they collaborated with Gaston Baty, Charles Dullin, Louis Jouvet, Georges Pitoëff, and Antonin Artaud, among others. They separated in 1940, though they continued to work together professionally. She originated the role of Inès in Jean-Paul Sartre's [[No Exit|Huis Clos [No Exit]]] at the Vieux-Colombier Theatre in May 1944.:30 She went on to become an acting tutor in France, training many of its talent in theatre and cinema.

She died in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne on 4 August 1973 of a heart attack.

• Date — Role — Play — Author — Director — Theatre — Reference • January 1928 — The Dybbuk — S. Ansky — Gaston Baty — Studio des Champs-Élysées • 2 & 9 June 1928 — Indra's Daughter/Agnes — A Dream Play — August Strindberg — Antonin Artaud — Théâtre Alfred Jarry • May 1944 — Inès — Huis Clos [No Exit] — Jean-Paul Sartre — Raymond Rouleau — Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier