Anaïs Pauline Nathalie Aubert, known as Mademoiselle Anaïs (1802–1871) was a French actress.
Biography
Anaïs was born in
Toury, Eure-et-Loir, and entered 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 ...
in 1816 at the age of just fourteen. In 1832 she was chosen to be the 252nd
Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.
She distinguished herself particularly in
''ingénue'' parts, becoming famous in the roles of Chérubin in
''The Marriage of Figaro'' and Agnès in ''
The School for Wives''.
Anais
in ''Enciclopedia Italiana'' (1929) (in Italian)
She had an affair with a British Army general and Member of Parliament, Sir Edward Stopford, resulting in the birth in 1819 of a son who also became a British Army general, Edward Stopford Claremont.
She resigned from the Comédie-Française in 1851 and died in 1871, aged 69, at Louveciennes
Louveciennes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles (city), V ...
.
References
External links
Mademoiselle Anaïs
Les Archives du Spectacle (in French)
1802 births
1871 deaths
19th-century French actresses
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française
Actresses from Paris
French stage actresses
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