Gabrielle Colonna-Romano

Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (1888–1981) or Colanna Romano (name as a cinema actress), born Gabrielle Dreyfus, was a French actress, famous as a tragedian, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1913 to 1936, and as a student of Sarah Bernhardt. She appeared in several plays and poetry readings (notably of works by the Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux). She had an affair with Pierre Renoir, and modelled for several paintings by his father Auguste Renoir, notably Jeune femme à la rose (1913). In England, she met and became friends with Marie Bell, on whose advice she decided to present herself to the Conservatoire.

Gabrielle Colonna-Romano / Colanna Romano
Jeune femme à la rose, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1913), portraying Gabrielle Colonna-Romano
Born	Gabrielle Colonna-Romano 1888
Died	1981
Resting place	Rueil-Malmaison cemetery
Occupation	Stage and film actress
Spouse(s)	1) Alfred Edwards 2) Pierre Alcover

She was the sixth and final wife of the millionaire press-magnate Alfred Edwards, and after his death married the actor Pierre Alcover. She and Alcover are buried together in the Rueil-Malmaison cemetery.

She gives her name to the "Prix Colonna-Romano de tragédie classique" at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris.

Filmography

• 1908 : Hamlet, directed by Henri Desfontaines (Gertrude)
• 1910 : Le Scarabée d'or, directed by Henri Desfontaines
• 1910 : Hop-Frog, directed by Henri Desfontaines
• 1911 : Le Roman de la momie (film), directed by Henri Desfontaines
• 1912 : Antar, directed by Chékri Ganem
• 1913 : L'Honneur, directed by Henri Pouctal

Sources

• This page is a translation of its French counterpart.