Paul Poisson (1658 - 28 December 1735) was a French actor.

Life

Born in Paris, he was the son of the actor

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and succeeded his father in the role of 'Crispin' in 1686. He retired for the first time in 1711, returning in 1715 and retiring for good in 1724. He married the actress Marie Angélique Gassot (1658-1756) - their two sons Philippe and Francois-Arnoul both became actors, whilst their daughter

Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez ( née Poisson; pseudonym M.P.V.D.G.; 22 November 1684 – 28 December 1770) was a French author and playwright. Biography Madeleine-Angelique was born in Paris on 22 November 1684 to the actor Paul Poisson. Made ...

became a writer. He died at the hôtel de Gesvres, 23 rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin,

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Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris: Hachette, 1876, p. 1621 17th-century French male actors 18th-century French male actors French male stage actors Male actors from Paris 1658 births 1735 deaths {{France-actor-stub