Jeanne_Auzoult

Jeanne Auzoult

Jeanne Auzoult

French stage actress

Jeanne Auzoult, stage name Mademoiselle Baron (1625–1662), was a French stage actress.[1]

She was the daughter of actors Jean Auzoult and Jeanne de Creve, and married André Boiron (d. 1655) in 1641. She was the mother of the famous actor Michel Baron.[2]

She was engaged in the Grands Comediens (Comédiens du Roi) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1641–1662.

During her career, she was a successful, well known and popular actor, though her popularity has been attributed to her beauty rather than to her artistic abilities. According to Tallemant, Mlle Baron was "very pretty, not a marvelous actress, but a success thanks to her beauty".[1]

She was described as "an outstanding interpreter of boys' parts", and was admired by Pierre Corneille.[3]

She worked until her death and was replaced by the famous Alix Faviot, who was engaged in 1662 to replace her.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Scott, Virginia (2010). Women on the stage in early modern France : 1540-1750. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-77670-0. OCLC 650374145.
  2. [2]
    Forman, Edward. (2010). Historical dictionary of French theater. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8108-7451-0. OCLC 667292718.
  3. [3]
    Esslin, Martin (1977). The Encyclopedia of world theater: with 420 illustrations and an index of play titles. Gröning, Karl. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-14834-X. OCLC 3609949.
  4. [4]
    French theatre in the neo-classical era, 1550-1789. Howarth, W. D. (William Driver). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997. p. 132. ISBN 0-521-23013-6. OCLC 34471798.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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