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Marie Grisier-Montbazon (née Marie-Rose Livergne (29 January 1859 − 18 October 1922), sometimes called Marie Montbazon, was a French actress and singer.

Life

Born in

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, Montbazon was the daughter of Hippolyte Livergne, an actor known as Montbazon, and Emilie Hody, also an actress. She was a singer (mezzo-soprano) and operetta actress (a star of the operetta firmament! ) who had brilliant success in the theatre since she played the role of Bettina in the comic opera (in 3 acts) '' La Mascotte'' by

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Alfred Duru Henri Alfred Duru (22 November 1829 – 28 December 1889) was a 19th-century French playwright and operetta librettist who collaborated on more than 40 librettos for the leading French composers of operetta:Alfred Duru. In: ''The New Grove Diction ...

at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in December 1880, for which the composer Edmond Audran, a fellow student of Ménager and

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, had composed the music. Montbazon, throughout her career, always dragged behind her this role which she played eight hundred times in Paris, in the provinces or abroad and which was always demanded of her, on all stages, despite the precaution she took of specifying on her engagements that she would not play ''La Mascotte''. On all the stages where she appeared, Montbazon knew how to make herself appreciated in all the roles she played. In her role of Gillette, thanks to her well timbred mezzo voice, Montbazon was highly acclaimed and without being comparable to that of "La Mascotte", the success of Gillette de Narbonne was real and if this opera, in our capital (Paris), has not been performed since 1935, it has remained for a long time in the repertoire of provincial theatres. Marie Grisier-Montbazon actrice

She died on 18 October 1922 at her home, 10 rue des Bons Enfants in Bois-Colombes at the age of 63.

Theatrical roles

* Bettina in '' La Mascotte'', comic opera in 3 acts from the libretto by

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, music by Edmond Audran, performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1880 * Gilette, in ''Gillette de Narbonne'', comic opera in 3 acts based on the libretto by Henri Chivot, Alfred Duru, music by Edmond Audran, performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1882. * Mam'zelle Crénom in ''Mam'zelle Crénom'', operetta in 3 acts after the libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Georges Duval, music by Léon Vasseur, performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1887. * Chloé in ''Le Valet de cœur'', operetta in 3 acts, libretto by

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, music by

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, performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1888. * Anita in ''Les Aventures de Monsieur de Crac'', a fairy tale in four acts and twenty-five scenes by Ernest Blum and

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, performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet 19 April 1886.

Filmography

* 1917: ''Par la vérité'' by Maurice de Féraudy * 1917: ''La Villa bleue'' by

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* 1918: ' by

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and Louis Mercanton * 1921: '' Miarka, la fille à l'ourse'' by Louis Mercanton * 1921: ''La Maison vide'' by

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: ''Marie'' * 1922: '' Les Roquevillard'' by

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* 1923: ''

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'' by Germaine Dulac : ''the maid''

References

External links

Montbazon
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Marie Montbazon
on Les archives du spectacles {{DEFAULTSORT:Grisier-Montbazon French stage actresses 19th-century French women opera singers 20th-century French women opera singers 1859 births 1922 deaths Actors from Avignon French mezzo-sopranos French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses Musicians from Avignon