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ARNOULD - PLESSY, JEANNE SYL See also:VAN.IE (1819-1897), See also:French actress, was See also:born in See also:Metz on the 7th of See also:September 1819, the daughter of a See also:local actor named -Plessy . She was a See also:pupil of See also:Samson at the See also:Conservatoire in 1829, and made her debut as Emma at the Comedic Francaise in 1834 in See also:Alexandre See also:Duval's La Fille d'honneur . She had an immense success,. and Mlle See also:Mars, to whom the public already compared her, took her up . Until 1845 she had prominent parts in all the plays, new and old, at the See also:Theatre - See also:Francais, when suddenly at the . ; height of her success, she See also:left See also:Paris and went to See also:London, marrying the dramatic author, J . F . Arnould (d . 1854), a See also:man much older than herself . The Comedie Francaise, after having tried in vain to bring her back, brought a suit against her, and obtained heavy See also:damages, In the meantime . Madame Arnould-Plessy accepted an engagement at the French theatre at St See also:Petersburg, where she played for nine years . In 1855 she returned. to Paris, and was re-admitted to the Comedie Francaise, as- pensionnaire with an engagement for eight years . This second See also:part of her career was even more brilliant than the first . She revived some of her old roles, but began to abandon the jeunes premieres for . 640 the "See also:lead," in which she had a success unequalled since the retirement of Mlle Mars . Her later triumphs were especially associated with new plays by Emile Angier, Le Fils de Giboyer and Maitre See also:Guerin . Her last See also:appearance was in Edouard Cadol's La See also:Grand-maman; she retired in 1876, and died in 1897 . |
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