Nadia Sibirskaïa

Nadia Sibirskaïa

Germaine Marie Josèphe Lebas

Born September 11, 1901· Redon, France

† Died July 14, 1980

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Leaving Redon for Paris at eighteen, Germaine Lebas worked as a sweeper at the Théâtre Mogador, where she met Estonian cellist David Kaplan, later director Dimitri Kirsanoff, who renamed her Nadia Sibirskaïa. Without formal training she debuted in Kirsanoff’s silent L'ironie du destin, portraying a single character from youth to old age, a performance that earned critical notice. Success followed…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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