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Adrienne Lecouvreur

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French actress (1692-1730)

ActorsLived 1692 to 1730 · aged 37
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Peak1900s
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Adrienne Lecouvreur was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, Champagne, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public.

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Lecouvreur as Cornelia in Pierre Corneille’s The Death of Pompey, on a portrait by Charles-Antoine Coypel, located in the museum of the Comédie-Française, ParisLecouvreur as Cornelia in Pierre Corneille’s The Death of Pompey, on a portrait by Charles-Antoine Coypel, located in the museum of the Comédie-Française, ParisAleardo Villa - Francesco Cilea's opera Adriana LecouvreurAleardo Villa - Francesco Cilea's opera Adriana Lecouvreur

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Adrienne Lecouvreur was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, Champagne, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public. Together with Michel Baron, she was credited for having developed a more natural, less stylized, type of acting.

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Actors
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Actor
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deceased
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Lived 1692 to 1730 · aged 37
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