Françoise Jacob de Montfleury, stage name Mademoiselle Dennebault (
fl.
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1661 – 1708), was a French stage actress.
[Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879]
She was engaged at the
Molière's company in 1661. She became a
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1680. She retired in 1685.
She played the tragic heroines Junie (Britannicus, 1669) and Aricie (Phèdre, 1677) by
Racine, in the comedies of her brother
Antoine de Montfleury
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guian ...
, as well as
breeches roles of ''La Femme juge'' and ''La Fille capitaine''.
References
External links
Mademoiselle Dennebault Comédie-Française
17th-century births
1708 deaths
17th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
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