The sociétaires of the
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
are chosen from among the ''pensionnaires'' who have been in the company a year or more.
They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 existing sociétaires, the senior sociétaire, and the general administrator. A pensionnaire is thus named a societaire by a decree of the
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, from names put forward by the
general administrator of the Comédie-Française. On becoming a sociétaire, an actor automatically becomes a member of the ''Société des Comédiens-Français'' and receives a share of the profits as well as receiving a number of shares in the société to which he or she is contractually linked.
After his or her retirement, a sociétaire can continue to act, becoming an honorary sociétaire. The senior member of the Comédie-Française is not the oldest sociétaire, but the sociétaire who has been with the company longest (since their entering it as a pensionnaire).
Some Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
17th century
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Michel Baron (1680)
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Rosimond (1680)
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Armande Béjart (1680)
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Mademoiselle de Brie (1680)
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Champmeslé (1680)
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Marie Champmeslé (1680)
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Mademoiselle Du Croisy (1680)
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Charles Varlet de La Grange (1680)
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Mademoiselle La Grange (1680)
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Raymond Poisson, known as Belleroche (1680)
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Brécourt (1682)
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Dancourt (1685)
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Jean Quinault (1695)
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Charlotte Desmares (1699)
18th century
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Quinault-Dufresne (1712)
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Adrienne Lecouvreur (1717)
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Jeanne Gaussin (1731)
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Marie Dumesnil (1738)
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Mademoiselle Clairon (1743)
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Marie Brillant (1750)
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Lekain (1751)
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Mademoiselle Hus (1753)
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Préville (1753)
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Dalainville (1758)
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François Molé (1761)
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Jacques Marie Boutet (1772)
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Dugazon (1772)
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Monvel (1772)
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Dazincourt
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Albouy (11 December 1747, in Marseille – 28 March 1809, in Paris), stage name Dazincourt, was a Theatre in France, French actor.
Life
Educated by the Oratory of Jesus, Oratorians, Dazincourt entered the service of the Lo ...
(1778)
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Amélie-Julie Candeille (1785)
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Mademoiselle Lange (1788)
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Talma (1789)
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Madame Desgarcins (1789)
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Mademoiselle Fleury (1791)
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Grandmesnil (1792)
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Mademoiselle Mars (1799)
19th century
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Mademoiselle George (1804)
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Mademoiselle Anaïs (1832)
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Regnier (1835)
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Rachel
Rachel () was a Bible, Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph (Genesis), Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban (Bible), Laban. Her older siste ...
(1842)
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Clémentine Jouassain (1863)
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Coquelin aîné (1864)
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Suzanne Reichenberg (1872)
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Jeanne Samary (1874)
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Mounet-Sully (1874)
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Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including by Alexandre Dumas fils, ...
(1875)
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Jules Truffier (1888)
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Marguerite Moreno
Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress.
On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 18 ...
(1890)
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Jeanne Ludwig (1893)
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Marthe Brandès (1896)
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Raphaël Duflos (1896)
20th century
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Cécile Sorel (1904)
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Berthe Cerny (1909)
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Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (1913)
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Denis d'Inès (1920)
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Mary Marquet (1923)
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Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (; 4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor.
Biography
Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company ...
(1924)
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Gabrielle Robinne (1924)
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Madeleine Renaud (1928)
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Marie Bell (1928)
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Fernand Ledoux (1931)
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Pierre Dux (1935)
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Gisèle Casadesus (1938)
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Julien Bertheau (1942)
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Louis Seigner (1943)
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Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage.
Biography
Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundi ...
(1943)
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Raimu (1944)
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Jacques Charon (1947)
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Micheline Boudet (1950)
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Jean Davy (1950)
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Robert Hirsch (1952)
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Jean Piat (1953)
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Paul Meurisse (1956)
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Jean Yonnel (1956)
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Denise Gence (1958)
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Georges Descrières (1958)
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Jacques Sereys (1959)
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Jacques Toja
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Jean-Paul Roussillon
Jean-Paul Roussillon (5 March 1931 – 31 July 2009) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008. He starred in the film '' Playing 'In the Company of Men, which was screened in the Un ...
(1960)
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François Chaumette (1960)
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Bernard Dhéran (1961)
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Catherine Samie (1962)
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Michel Etcheverry (1964)
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Renée Faure (1965)
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Michel Aumont (1965)
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René Camoin (1966)
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Michel Duchaussoy (1967)
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Françoise Seigner (1968)
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Paule Noëlle (1969)
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Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She has received various accolades, including five César Awards and a Lumière Award, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. ...
(1972)
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Jean-Luc Boutté (1975)
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Catherine Hiegel (1976)
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Claude Giraud (1976)
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Francis Huster (1977)
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Patrice Kerbrat (1977)
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Jean Le Poulain (1981)
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Martine Chevallier (1988)
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Michel Favory (1988)
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Catherine Sauval (1989)
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Jean-Luc Bideau (1991)
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Philippe Torreton (1994)
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Andrzej Seweryn
Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and Theatre director, director. Regarded as one of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France, and Germa ...
(1995)
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Michel Robin (1996)
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Éric Ruf (1998)
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Éric Génovèse (1998)
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Bruno Raffaeli (1998)
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Denis Podalydès (2000)
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Coraly Zahonero (2000)
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Florence Viala (2000)
21st century
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Alexandre Pavloff (2002)
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Françoise Gillard (2002)
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Céline Samie (2004)
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Clotilde de Bayser (2004)
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Jérôme Pouly (2004)
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Laurent Stocker (2004)
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Pierre Vial (2005)
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Guillaume Gallienne (2005)
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Laurent Natrella (2007)
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Michel Vuillermoz (2007)
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Elsa Lepoivre (2007)
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Christian Gonon (2009)
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Julie Sicard (2009)
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Loïc Corbery (2010)
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Léonie Simaga (2010)
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Serge Bagdassarian (2011)
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Hervé Pierre (2011)
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Bakary Sangaré (2013)
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Pierre Louis-Calixte (2013)
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Christian Hecq (2013)
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Nicolas Lormeau (2014)
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Gilles David (2014)
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Stéphane Varupenne (2015)
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Suliane Brahim (2016)
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Adeline d'Hermy (2016)
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Georgia Scalliet (2017)
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Jérémy Lopez (2017)
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Clément Hervieu-Léger (2018)
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Benjamin Lavernhe (2019)
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Sébastien Pouderoux (2019)
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Didier Sandre (2020)
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Christophe Montenez (2020)
See also
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Administrators of the Comédie-Française
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External links
List of all the sociétaireson th
Comédie-Française site''Comédie-française (1658-1900): Liste alphabétique des sociétaires''at Google Books
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Lists of actors