Colette Nucci
Colette Nucci | |
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| Born | 16 April 1950 |
| Died | 10 May 2023 (aged 73) Bougival, France |
| Education | Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, theater director |
Colette Nucci (16 April 1950 – 10 May 2023) was a French actress and theatre director. Under her management Parisian theatre Théâtre 13 expanded to a second stage.
Biography[edit]
Born in Marseille, Nucci spent part of her youth in Algeria[1] before starting theater classes at Le Mans in 1963.
Acting career[edit]
From 1971 to 1974 she studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, under the supervision of Louis Seigner.[2] In 1972, she performed in La Station Champaudet at the Comédie-Française,[3] which was recorded as a television film on France 3,[4] as well as featuring in two plays staged at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon.[5]
After graduating, Nucci moved to moved to Madrid (in 1976), and married Spanish musician and painter José Luís Peñamaria. In 1984, Nucci returned to France and founded a drama school in Bougival, near Paris.
Starting in 1990, Nucci appeared in multiple voice acting roles for French television, most notably in Murphy Brown and ER.[6]
She had a leading role in 1998 French film Les soeurs Hamlet by Abdelkrim Bahloul, also featuring Bérénice Bejo, Gad Elmaleh and Gilles Lellouche.[7]
Theater direction[edit]
In September 1999 Nucci took the direction of Théâtre 13, a theater in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.[8] Under her leadership, Théâtre 13 was noted for having "always supported young artists, burgeoning troupes" and "became a nursery where many talents have grown".[9] The theater also received critical praise after hosting Alexis Michalik's Le Porteur d'Histoire, which received two Molière Awards in 2014.[10]
In 2011, Théâtre 13 opened a second stage,[2] and in 2017 the first stage was refurbished.[11]
In 2021 she was replaced as director by Lucas Bonnifait.[12]
Colette Nucci died of cancer on May 10, 2023.[2]
On screen and stage[edit]
Theater[edit]
Source:[5]
- 1970: L'Automus by Camillo Baciu, directed by Camillo Baciu
- 1972: La Station Champbaudet by Eugène Marin Labiche, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, played at the Comédie-Française in Paris, filmed by Georges Folgoas[4]
- 1973: Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (The Game of Love and Chance) by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Jean Meyer, played at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon
- 1973: On purge bébé by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean Meyer, played at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon
- 1974: Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau, played at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
- 1986: Les Fausses Confidences by Pierre de Marivaux
- 1997: Le Paradis sur terre (The Seven Descents of Myrtle) by Tennessee Williams[1]
- 1999: La Mère confidente by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Delphine Lequenne
- 2001: Treize mains by Carol Shields, directed by Rachel Salik
Film[edit]
- 1998: Les soeurs Hamlet directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul
Voice acting[edit]
Television[edit]
Source:[6]
- 1990-1996: Murphy Brown as Doris Dial, for Janet Carroll
- 1993-1994: Melrose Place as Lauren Ethridge, for Kristian Alfonso
- 1994: ER (TV series) as Dr Sarah Langworthy, for Tyra Ferrell
- 1995-2009: ER (TV series) as Nurse Chuny Marquez, for Laura Cerón
- 1996-1997: NYPD Blue as Geri Turner, for Debra Christofferson
- 1997-2000: Spin City as Claudia Sacks-Lassiter, for Faith Prince
- 2017: Unforgotten as Inspector Tessa Dixon, for Lorraine Ashbourne
Film[edit]
- 2014: August: Osage County as Mattie Fae Aiken, for Margo Martindale[13]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Décès de Colette Nucci, grande dame du théâtre". LEFIGARO (in French). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Nivière, Marie-Céline (10 May 2023). "Colette Nucci, grande passionaria du théâtre, est décédée". L'Œil d'Olivier (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "La Station Champbaudet". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 3 May 1972. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ a b "La station Champbaudet (1972 ; Cochet) : théâtre". archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Colette Nucci". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 16 April 1950. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Colette Nucci". DSD Doublage (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ AlloCine, Les Soeurs Hamlet (in French), retrieved 22 August 2023
- ^ "Colette Nucci : " J'ai besoin que l'on m'embarque dans des histoires " | L'Humanité". www.humanite.fr (in French). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Colette Nucci : ses adresses à Paris XIIIe". LEFIGARO (in French). 14 March 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
Elle a toujours défendu les jeunes artistes, les compagnies naissantes. Au fil du temps, le Théâtre 13 est devenu une pépinière où bien des talents ont éclos.
- ^ "Alexis Michalik | 2014 CÉRÉMONIE". lesmolieres (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Soulié, Elodie (19 February 2017). "Paris : le théâtre 13 retrouve son Jardin". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Théâtre 13". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Un été à Osage County". AlterEgo75 (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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