Jane Avril

French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his painting (1868-1943)

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Lived 1868–1943, aged 75France
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    1868–1943
    Aged 75
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Updated 2026-06-20

Jane Avril was a French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and a frequent subject of painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's art. Extremely thin and "given to jerky movements and sudden contortions", she was nicknamed La Mélinite, after an explosive.

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