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See also:JOSEPH ISIDORE See also:SAMSON (1793-1871)
, See also:French actor and playwright, was See also:born at St See also:Denis on the 2nd of See also:July 1793, the son of a restaurant keeper
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He took the first See also:prize for See also:comedy at the See also:Conservatoire in 1812, married an actress with whom he toured See also:France, and came to the Comedie Francaise in 1826
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Here he remained until 1863, creating more than 250 parts
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He became a See also:professor at the Conservatoire in 1829, and under him See also:Rachel, See also:Rose Cheri (1824-1861), the Brohans and others were trained
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He wrote several comedies, among them La Belle-See also:Mere et le gendre (1826), and La Famille See also:poisson (1846)
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See also:Samson died in See also:Paris on the 28th of See also: |
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