Augustine Susanne Brohan (22 January 180716 August 1887) was a French actress.

Life

She was born in Paris. She entered the

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at the age of eleven, and took the second prize for comedy in 1820, and the first in 1821. She served her apprenticeship in the provinces, making her first Paris appearance at the Odéon in 1832 as Dorine in ''

Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...

''. Her success there and elsewhere brought her a summons to the

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, where she made her ''début'' on 15 February 1834, as Madelon in ''

Les Précieuses ridicules ''Les Précieuses ridicules'' (, ''The Absurd Précieuses'' or ''The Affected Ladies'') is a one-act satire by Molière in prose. It takes aim at the '' précieuses'', the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, i ...

'', and Suzanne in ''

Le Mariage de Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (french: link=no, La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, ...

''. She retired in 1842.

Family

Her daughters, Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine and Ethelie Madeleine, were both also actors.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brohan, Augustine Susanne 1807 births 1887 deaths French stage actresses 19th-century French actresses