Anaïs Fargueil (21 March 1819 – 8 April 1896) was a 19th-century French actress.

Biography

Anaïs Fargueil was the daughter of Paul Fargueil, a Toulouse actor that made her start on stage from the age of four. In 1825, she followed her parents to Paris and entered the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in the classes of

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and Auguste Mathieu Panseron. She won first prize for singing. Committed to the

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique () is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular Théâtre de la foire, theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief riva ...

, she made her debut in ''La Marquise'' by

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. She abandoned the opera for the theater and began at the

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in 1836. She left it for the Théâtre du Gymnase and toured the province and abroad. She returned to the Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1850 and retired in 1883. She is buried at

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. Her father died on 14 December 1869 in the

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. Her daughter, Marguerite Le Rousseau-Fargueil, is buried on 24 April 1911Death of Mlle Marguerite Fargueil, daughter of the famous actress Anaïs Fargueil « ''Le Gauloi''s �
23 avril 1911
/ref> at Montmartre cemetery in the family vault.

Theatre (selection of roles)

*1836: ''Le Démon de la nuit'', two-act comédie en vaudeville, by

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and

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, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 May (role of Mathilde) *1840: ''Marcelin'', three-act drama, by Jean-François Bayard and

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, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 30 May (Elise de Montdidier) *1842: ''La dragonne'', two-act comedy by

and Hippolyte Le Roux, Théâtre du Palais Royal, 13 October (Catherine II) *1853: ''Les Filles de marbre'', five-act drama by

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and

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, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 17 May *1855: ''Le Mariage d'Olympe'', three-act play by

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, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 17 July *1860: ''Les Femmes fortes'', comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 December *1861: ''Esther Ramel'', three-act play by Édouard Devicque and Henri Crisafulli, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 10 June *1861: ''Nos intimes !'', comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 16 November (role of Cécile) *1863: ''Lucie Didier'', three-act play by Léon Battu and Jaime fils *1863: ''Les Brebis de Panurge'', one-act comedy, in prose by

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and

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*1863: ''Les Diables noirs'', four-act drama by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 28 November *1865: ''La Famille Benoiton'', five-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 November *1866: ''Maison neuve'', five-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 December *1866: ''Rédemption'', d'

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, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 December *1869: ''Patrie !'', five-act historical drama, in 8 scenes by Victorien Sardou *1869: ''Miss Multon'', three-act comedy by Eugène Nus and

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*1870: ''Les Pattes de mouches'', three-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 24 February *1871: '' L'Ennemie'', three-act comedy by

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, 17 October *1873: ''L'Oncle Sam'', four-act comedy by

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, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 6 November *1875: ''Rose Michel'', five-act drama by

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, 21 January *1881: ''Madame de Maintenon'', five-act drama, with prologue, in verse, by

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, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 12 April (Madame de Maintenon)

Sources

* André Maurel, « Anaïs Fargueil », ''Le Figaro'', 10 April 1896, p. 2

References

External links

A photo of Anaïs Fargueil circa 1868

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