Solange Sicard

Solange Sicard was a French actress and drama teacher, born in the twelfth arrondissement of Paris in January 1902 and dead in Clichy-la-Garenne in September 1969. She began at the Comedie-Francaise in 1921, playing about fifteen roles in three years, and later took small parts in French films from the 1920s to the early 1960s. A limp kept her from many roles, and she is better known for her drama course and her friendship with Antonin Artaud than for her screen work. She ran the Cours Pathe in the rue Francoeur before the Second World War and then taught from her home; her pupils included Simone Signoret, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Juliette Greco, Suzanne Flon and Nicolas Bataille.