Nadia Sibirskaïa

Biography

Nadia Sibirskaïa was a French film actress born Germaine Marie Josèphe Lebas on September 11, 1901. She began her career at 18, working as an odd jobber in Paris before meeting cellist David Kaplan, who would later become director Dimitri Kirsanoff and take her name as screen persona Nadia Sibirskaïa. Kirsanoff directed her in several of his early films, including "Life Is Ours" (1936) and "The Crime of Monsieur Lange" (1936).