Catherine Dasté

Catherine Dasté
Dasté in 2014
Born(1929-10-06)6 October 1929
Beaune, France
Died6 August 2026(2026-08-06) (aged 96)
Ivry-sur-Seine, France
OccupationActress

Catherine Dasté French: [katʁˈin dastˈe]; 6 October 1929 – 6 August 2026) was a French stage actress.[1]

Life and career

Born in Beaune on 6 October 1929, Dasté was the daughter of actor Jean Dasté and actress Marie-Hélène Dasté.[2] She studied dramatic art at The Old Vic in London[3] and married Graeme Allwright, with whom she had three sons: Christophe, Jacques, and Nicolas.[4] In 1959, the family joined the Comédie de Saint-Étienne.[5] From 1985 to 1992, she was director of the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry.[6] With the support of Françoise Dolto, she created the first national drama center for children at the Théâtre de Sartrouville et des Yvelines.[7] In 2010, she was a guest of honor at Oulipo.[8] In the community, she was a supporter of the Contes Givrés de Bourgogne festival.[9] In 2025, an exhibition was put on by Sorbonne Nouvelle University to "shed new light" on the impact she had on French theatre.[10]

Catherine Dasté died in Ivry-sur-Seine on 6 August 2026, at the age of 96.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "La metteuse en scène et comédienne Catherine Dasté, pionnière du théâtre jeune public, est morte". Le Monde (in French). 8 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Bertels, Laurence (22 January 2002). "Catherine Dasté, femme de théâtre au passé présent". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Lévy-Bonavita, Andrée (1971). "Catherine Dasté ou l'opportunité d'un travail avec les enfants". Travail théâtral (in French).
  4. ↑ "ALLWRIGHT Jacques Pascal Pierre". MatchID (in French).
  5. ↑ "Une expérience hors série". Le Monde (in French). 23 February 1967. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Catherine Dasté". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French).
  7. ↑ "Catherine Dasté". École normale supérieure de Lyon (in French). Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Invités d'honneur de l'Oulipo". Oulipo (in French).
  9. ↑ "Catherine Dasté". Antipodes (in French). Archived from the original on 16 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Catherine Dasté, un chemin de théâtre". Sorbonne Nouvelle University (in French).
  11. ↑ "Mort de Catherine Dasté, pionnière du théâtre pour jeunes". Libération (in French). 8 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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