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See also: born in See also: Paris on the loth of See also: October 1743
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For twenty-five years she was the See also: star of the Paris See also: Opera
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She made herself even more famous by her love affairs, especially by her long liaison with the See also: prince de See also: Soubise
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She bought a magnificent See also: house at See also: Pantin, and built a private theatre connected with it, where Colle's Partie de See also: chasse de See also: Henri IV which was prohibited in public, and most of the Proverbes of Carmontelle (See also: Louis Carrogis, 1717-1806), and similar licentious performances were given to the delight of high society
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In 1772, in
See also: defiance of the
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archbishop of Paris, she opened a gorgeous house with a theatre seating five See also: hundred spectators in the Chaussee d'Antin
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In this See also: Temple of Terpsichore, as she named it, the wildest orgies took place
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In 1786 she was compelled to get rid of the See also: property, and it was disposed of by lottery for her benefit for the sum of 300,000 francs
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Soon after her retirement in 1789 she married See also: Jean Etienne Despreaux (1748-1820), dancer, See also: song-writer and playwright
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