Céline Montaland

Céline Montaland (10 August 1843 – 8 January 1891) was a French actress, dancer and singer.[1][2]

Céline Montaland

Biography

Céline Montaland was born on 10 August 1843 in Ghent, Belgium. Her parents, Pierre Montaland and Mathilde Chevalier, were actors. She was trained by her father, who was a former actor at Théâtre du Vaudeville. She made her debut at the age of six at Comédie-Française in the role of Camille in Gabrielle (1849) of Émile Augier.[3] She was the “youngest actress ever to perform at this theater.”[4] She performed a number of children roles, which were specially created for her.[3]

In 1860 she returned to Paris after a worldwide musical tour by her theatrical troupe which got a wide public attention.[5][6] She continued to perform in different popular theaters including Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and Comédie-Française.[3] At the end of her distinguished theatrical career, she became a Sociétaire at the Comédie-Française in 1888.[4]

She died in Paris, France on 8 January 1891.

References
  1. Carlson, Marvin (1972). The French Stage in the Nineteenth Century. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-810-80516-3. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. Berlanstein, Lenard R. (30 June 2009). Daughters of Eve: A Cultural History of French Theater Women from the Old Regime to the Fin de Siècle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-674-02081-8. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1999). The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: The years of celebrity, 1850-1856. Vancouver, British Columbia: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-838-63844-6. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. Bernhardt, Sarah (1 January 1999). My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY Press). p. 317. ISBN 978-0-791-44053-7. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. Marbot, Bernard (1980). After Daguerre: Masterworks of French Photography (1848–1900) from the Bibliothèque Nationale. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 113. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. Senelick, Laurence (21 September 2017). Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-521-87180-8. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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