# Julie Talma

> Julie Talma, born Louise-Julie Careau, was a French dancer at the Paris Opera who became a courtesan in the years before the French Revolution. She had three sons by three different fathers. She used the gifts from her protectors to make a small fortune in real estate speculation. She married the well-known tragic actor François-Joseph Talma a few days before giving birth to twin sons. Her husband was unfaithful and ruined her. They separated and eventually divorced. Julie Talma was charming, intelligent, strong-willed, rational and a firm republican. She held an influential salon before and during the revolution and at the start of Napoleon's rise to power, and became a close friend of Benjamin Constant. Their lengthy correspondence has been preserved.

*French dancer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1756-01-08
- **Died:** 1805-05-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Julie Talma, born Louise-Julie Careau, was a French dancer at the Paris Opera who became a courtesan in the years before the French Revolution. She had three sons by three different fathers. She used the gifts from her protectors to make a small fortune in real estate speculation. She married the well-known tragic actor François-Joseph Talma a few days before giving birth to twin sons. Her husband was unfaithful and ruined her. They separated and eventually divorced. Julie Talma was charming, intelligent, strong-willed, rational and a firm republican. She held an influential salon before and during the revolution and at the start of Napoleon's rise to power, and became a close friend of Benjamin Constant. Their lengthy correspondence has been preserved.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.9
- **Momentum:** 1.2

## Sources
- [Julie Talma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Talma)
- [Julie Talma](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Talma)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42627654)

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