Jean Claude Gilles Colson

Bellecour (16 January 1725 – 19 November 1778) was a French actor, whose real name was Jean Claude Gilles Colson.

This article is about the French actor. For the square in Lyon, see Place Bellecour.

Life

Colson was as the son of a portrait-painter. He initially studied fine art, then began acting under the name of Bellecour. After playing in the provinces he was called to the Comédie-Française, but his debut, on 21 December 1750, as Achilles in Iphigénie was not a great success. He soon turned to comedy roles, and acted primarily in comedies over the next thirty years. He wrote a successful play, Fausses apparences (1761), and was useful to the Comédie-Française in editing and adapting the plays of others.[1]

His wife, Rose Perrine le Roy de la Corbinaye, was a famous actress.[1]

See also

References
  1. Chisholm 1911.
Attribution
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bellecour". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 696.
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