French theatre actress
Costumes by Mme. Grassot, role of Aménaïde, and Melle. Virginie Goy, role of Julie, in La Cachucha. Théâtre du Vaudeville Du Gymnase (NYPL b19589333-5179618)
Françoise Billiard , known as Madame/Mme Grassot or Fanny Grassot ,[ 1] [ 2] was a French theatre actress ,[ 3] [ 4] born in 1810 (some sources say 1811) and died at the Rossini retirement home, rue Mirabeau in Paris , on 23 June 1892 (some sources say 1893).[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
She performed in traveling troupes then at the Théâtre du Gymnase from 1833. Also cited at the Palais-Royal . In 1868, aged 57, with thirty years in the theatre, she received a pension of 200 francs by the Society of Artists (Société des Artistes) .[ 9]
She married actor Paul Grassot in Paris on 29 May 1852[ 10] (some sources say earlier).[ 11]
Theatre credits include Clara Soleil by Edmond Gondinet and Pierre Sivrac (1885) and La Cachucha by Desvergers , both at Théâtre du Vaudeville , and many more.[ 7] [ 12]
Theatre credits
Selected credits listed below.[ 7]
References
^ Grassot .
^ Steer, Linda (2017-07-05). "Appropriated Photographs in French Surrealist Periodicals, 1924?939 " . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-57624-6 .
^ Maison Martinet (Paris, France); Grassot, Fanny; Goy, Virginie (1830-01-01). "Costumes de Mme. Grassot, rôle de Aménaïde, et de Melle. Virginie Goy, rôle de Julie, dans la Cachucha. Vaudeville, Th. du Gymnase" . New York Public Library . Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ "Etablissement MADAME ANNE GRASSOT à PARIS 15 (75015) sur SOCIETE.COM (45210499500017)" . www.societe.com . Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ "Visionneuse - Archives de Paris" . archives.paris.fr . Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ "ISNI 0000000360996439 Belliard, Fanny ( 1811-1893 )" . isni.oclc.org . Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ a b c "Mme Grassot" . Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 23 June 1892. Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ "Fanny Grassot (1811-1893)" . data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ "IdRef - Grassot, Fanny (actress; 1811-1893)" .
^ "Visionneuse - Archives de Paris" . archives.paris.fr . Retrieved 2021-03-05 .
^ "Id Ref - Grassot, Paul Louis Auguste (1800-1860; actor)" .
^ "II. Scribe at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and at the Théâtre du Gymnase: the Comédies-vaudemlles" , Eugène Scribe and the French Theatre, 1815-1860 , Harvard University Press, pp. 32– 73, 1924-12-31, doi :10.4159/harvard.9780674280168.c2 , ISBN 978-0-674-28016-8 , retrieved 2021-03-05
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