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Jane Faber

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Jane Faber
A smiling white woman with dark hair and eyes, wearing a white fur wrap over a dark draped velvet cloak
Jane Faber as Princess Danidoff, in 1913
Born
Jeanne Théodorine de Smet

October 19, 1880
Ixelles, Belgium
DiedMay 13, 1968 (aged 88)
Clichy-la-Garenne, France
OccupationActress
SpouseGabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing

Jane Faber (19 October 1880 – 13 May 1968) was a Belgian stage actress, in residence at the Comédie-Française from 1910 to 1951. She also appeared in over twenty films.

Early life

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Jeanne Théodorine de Smet was born in Ixelles. She trained for a stage career at the Conservatoire de Paris, a student of Charles le Bargy.[1]

Career

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Ceux de chez nous (1915 film); from left to right, Jane Faber, Henri Desfontaines, and André Antoine

At age 30, Faber became a resident at the Comédie-Française, and she maintained that status for over forty years. She appeared at the theatre in Les Précieuses ridicules (1910),[1] Poil de carotte (1912), La marche nuptiale (1913),[2] L'Amour médecin (1920), Les Fourberies de Scapin (1922), Le Monde où l’on s’ennuie (1937), Chacun sa vérité (1937), La Dispute (1938), La reine morte (1942),[3] and Tartuffe (1949), among other plays.[4] In 1922, she was part of the tercentenary celebrations for Molière at the Comédie-Française.[5]

Faber also appeared in 18 silent films made in France, including L'Âme du violon (1911), Miss Rovel (1921),[6] and L'Écuyère (1922), and five Fantômas films as "Princess Sonia Danidoff", in 1913 and 1914.[7][8] She made a few sound pictures in French, later in her career, the last being L'Affaire Maurizius (1954, known as The Maurizius Affair or On Trial in English).

Faber was considered fashionable in the 1910s, and her gowns were featured and described in periodicals and newspapers as exemplary of the latest Paris styles.[9][10][11] In 1915, she, Cécile Sorel and Marcelle Lender held a charity bazaar, selling cake and champagne at a Paris hotel for war relief.[12]

Personal life

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Faber married the French naval officer Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing, who died in 1940. She died in 1968, aged 87 years, at Clichy-la-Garenne in France. Her gravesite is in Pére Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

References

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  1. ^ a b "All Paris is talking..." The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1910-09-18. p. 40. Retrieved 2022-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "At the Comedie Francaise; Dresses in 'La Marche Nuptiale'". The Guardian. 1913-12-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Montherlant, Henry de (1990). La reine morte. Internet Archive. Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-036012-3.
  4. ^ Dux, Pierre (1980). La Comédie Française : trois siècles de gloire (in French). Internet Archive. Paris : Denoël. pp. 147, 157, 187 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "'La Maison de Molière' Honours the Tercentenary of Molière". The Illustrated London News. 21 January 1922. pp. 68–69. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Jane Faber; Victor Cherbuliez; Charlotte Barbier-Krauss; Jean Devalde; Jean Worms; Jean Kemm (1921-11-11), Miss Rovel, retrieved 2022-04-02; via Internet Archive
  7. ^ "Fantomas: The Latest Gentleman-Crook". Motion-Picture World. 17: 438. July 26, 1913.
  8. ^ Lee, Walt (1972). Reference guide to fantastic films; science fiction, fantasy, & horror. Internet Archive. Los Angeles : Chelsea-Lee Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-913974-04-9 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ Petronius (Christmas 1911). "European Supplement". The Theatre Magazine. 14: 224.
  10. ^ Chaquin, Mlle. (February 1914). "Foretaste of Spring". Harper's Bazaar. 49: 53 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ Lowe, Corinne (1917-08-12). "Serge or Satin, An Autumn 'Indispensable'". Chicago Tribune. p. 43. Retrieved 2022-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "C'est la Guerre". Vogue. 45: 24–25. June 1915 – via Internet Archive.
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