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]
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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
editSelected credits listed below.[7]
| 1892 | The Pont-Biquet Family by Alexandre Bisson |
| 1885 | Clara Soleil by Edmond Gondinet |
| 1882 | A Wedding Paris by Edmond About |
| 1853 | A Woman in my Fountain by Théodore Barrière |
| 1848 | Agénor the Dangerous by Eugène Labiche |
| " | An English Channel by Eugène Labiche |
| 1846 | Mademoiselle My Wife by Auguste Lefranc |
| 1845 | The Almanac of 25,000 Addresses by Ferdinand de Villeneuve |
| 1842 | The Fantastic Omelette by Louis Boyer |
| 1840 | Trianon by Jean-François Bayard |
| " | Bob by Paul Duport |
| " | Day to Fans by Emmanuel Théaulon |
| 1839 | Gabrielle by Jacques-François Ancelot |
| 1838 | The Grand Daddy Guerin by Laurencin |
| " | La Cachucha by de Desvergers |
| " | Paul Duport's Sister-in-Law |
| 1835 | Be Loved or Die! by Eugène Scribe |
| 1834 | Pécherel the Empailleur by Félix-Auguste Duvert |
| " | Salvoisy by Eugène Scribe |
| 1833 | It is Still the Happiness by Lockroy |
| " | A Mother by Jean-François Bayard |
| 1821 | The Little Sister by Eugène Scribe |
References
edit- ^ 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
External links
edit- Virtual International Authority File (Virtual International Authority File)
- ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier)
- IdRef - Grassot, Fanny (actress; 1811-1893)
- Mrs Grassot / Françoise Billard on Les Archives du Spectacle - A search engine for the performing arts