Marie Ventura (born ''Aristida Maria Ventura'' 14 July 1888 - 3 December 1954) was a Romanian-French actress and theatre director. From 1919 to 1941 she worked at the

Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...

. In 1938, she directed ''

Iphigénie ''Iphigénie'' is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by the French playwright Jean Racine. It was first performed in the Orangerie in Versailles on August 18, 1674, as part of the fifth of the royal ''Divertissements de ...

'' by

Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditio ...

, becoming the first women to direct a play at the Comédie-Française.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ventura, Marie 1888 births 1954 deaths Burials at Passy Cemetery Actresses from Bucharest French stage actresses French silent film actresses Romanian Sephardi Jews Romanian emigrants to France 20th-century French actresses Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française