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Catherine Samie
(Anna Semionovna)
Samie was trained at France’s National Conservatory of Drama and joined the Comédie-Française in 1956. She is presently the senior member, or la doyenne, of the Comédie-Française.
Samie has interpreted great roles of the classical repertory, including Frosine in L’Avare, Madame Jourdain in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Dorine in Tartuffe, the Môme Crevette in La Dame de Chez Maxim, Suzanne in La Mere Coupable, Arkadina in La Mouette and Leonida in La Cagnotte. She has also performed in contemporary repertory, notably Charlotte Brontë in La Jour ou Mary Shelley Recontrera Charlotte Brontë by Edourado Manet, Emma in Maitre Puntila et son valet Matti by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Geoulinger in Les Amants puérils by Crommelynck. Most recently, she performed in La Thébaîde by Racine, Les Fausses Confidence by Marivaux, Rodogune by Corneille, L’ecole des femmes, La mariage Forcé by Moliere and La Maison des coeurs brisés by George Bernard Shaw. In cinema, Samie has worked with Claude LeLouch, Pierre Granier Deferre, Josiane Balasko, Coline Serreau, Albert Dupontel and Jean-Louis Benoit.
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