Véra Korène

• Name — Véra Korène • Birth Name — Rébecca Véra Korestzky • Born — 6 June 1901 • Birthplace — Bakhmut, Russian Empire (present day Ukraine) • Died — 19 November 1996 • Place of death — Louveciennes, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1922–1978

Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in the Russian Empire of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France. Using the Francized name Korène, she began her career in the theatre but also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. A mainstay of the Parisian stage, in the 1950s she organized her own theatre production company, putting on performances at the Comédie Française. In 1956 she was named director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, a position she held until 1978. Véra Korène died in 1996 in Louveciennes in a senior citizen's home and was interred in the Cimetière de Pantin in the Parisian suburb of Pantin.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1922 — Son excellence le Bouif • 1933 — The Faceless Voice — Estelle • 1934 — Beauty of the Night — Maryse / Maïthé • 1935 — Second Bureau — L'Espionne Erna Flieder • 1936 — The Volga Boatman — Lydia Goreff • 1936 — L'Argent — Hélène • 1936 — Seven Men, One Woman — La comtesse Lucie de Kéradec • 1936 — In the Service of the Tsar — Anna Raditsch • 1937 — The Red Dancer — Tania Golgorine • 1937 — Double Crime in the Maginot Line — Anna Bruchot • 1938 — Tamara — Tamara • 1938 — Café de Paris — Geneviève Lambert • 1939 — Savage Brigade — Marie Kalitjeff — (final film role)