Marie-Madeline Blouin

Marie-Madeline Blouin, stage name Mademoiselle Dubois (1746–1779), was a French stage actress.[1]

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She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1759. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1761. She retired in 1773.

Mademoiselle Dubois often played the prestigious role of tragedienne. However, contemporary critics referred to her as a beautiful stage ornament with moderate talent whose fame was more attributed to her beauty and love affairs.

References

  1. Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879


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