Geneviève Sorya

Geneviève Sorya
Born	Geneviève Marie Thérèse Durand (1912-06-23)23 June 1912 Paris, France
Died	23 March 2008(2008-03-23) (aged 95) Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Henry Murray (born Henri Dreyfus)
Children	Anouk Aimée

Geneviève Sorya (born Geneviève Marie Thérèse Durand; 23 June 1912 – 23 March 2008) was a French stage and film actress. She was also known as the mother of actress Anouk Aimée.^[1]

Sorya performed in over 15 films, including The End of the Day, and The Man of the Hour (1937) with Maurice Chevalier although she was primarily a stage actress in her native Paris. In 1981 she appeared in the film What Puts David with her daughter.^[2]

Sorya was the daughter of André Hippolyte Durand and Émilie Marguerite Mélanie (née Boussiron) Durand. She was married to French actor Henry Murray (born Henri Dreyfus), with whom she had a daughter, who became actress Anouk Aimée. Sorya studied at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris.^[3]

Selected filmography

• The Brighton Twins (1936)

References

1. Profile, google.com; accessed 15 December 2015.
2. Profile, jwa.org; accessed 15 December 2015.
3. Profile, gw.geneanet.org; accessed 15 December 2015.

External links

• Geneviève Sorya at IMDb