Early years Rozenberg was born in the
4th arrondissement of Paris on 11 June 1874, the son of Levis Rozenberg and his wife Florence,
née Levy. He began his theatrical career towards the end of the 19th century. In 1899 he appeared in the
farce La Mariée du Touring-Club by
Tristan Bernard at the
Théâtre de l'Athénée. In 1902 he was a member of the company headed by
Jean Coquelin in
Paul Anthelme's
Nos deux consciences at the
Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin. Between those two productions Rozenberg appeared at the
Théâtre de la Gaîté in Coquelin's production of
Scarron by
Catulle Mendès, and at the
Théâtre des Nouveautés in
La Petite Madame Dubois by
Paul Gavault and
Irrésistible by
Auguste Germain. In 1913 he appeared in "Les honneurs de la guerre" by
Maurice Hennequin. At the Athénée in 1914 Rozenberg played the central role of Saint-Franquet in Feydeau's
Je ne trompe pas mon mari!, and reprised the role in the same theatre in 1916. During the
First World War he began a series of short film comedies, in which he starred and sometimes directed. Although remaining mostly a stage performer, in the 1930s Rozenberg appeared in six films, including
René Sti's
Moutonnet, and
Abel Gance's
Un grand amour de Beethoven. His stage appearances of the 1930s included
Signor Bracoli by Deval (Nouveautés, 1932), ''L'Affaire de la rue Royale
by Max Maurey (Athénée, 1932), Cette nuit la ...'' by
Lajos Zilahy (Madeleine, 1933, as director and actor),
Monsieur Beverley by
Georges Berr (Madeleine, 1936) and
3 hommes sur un cheval by
Jean de Létraz (Madeleine, 1936 as director and actor). After the war he planned to take the direction of the
Comédie-Caumartin to mount a revue, but the project fell through. Rozenberg died at
Neuilly-sur-Seine on 1 November 1947, aged 73. ==Notes, references and sources==