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CLAIRON, LA (1723-1803)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLAIRON, LA (1723-1803) , See also:French actress, whose real name was CLAIRE See also:JOSEPH HIPPOLYTE LERIS, was See also:born at See also:Conde sur 1'Escaut, See also:Hainaut, on the 25th of See also:January 1723, the natural daughter of any See also:army sergeant. In 1736 she made her first See also:stage See also:appearance at the Comedic Italienne, in a small See also:part in See also:Marivaux's Ile See also:des esclaves. After several years in the provinces she returned to See also:Paris. Her See also:life, meanwhile, had been decidedly irregular, even if not to the degree indicated by the libellous pamphlet Histoire de la demoiselle Cronel, dite Fretillon, actrice de la Comedie de See also:Rouen, ecrite See also:par elle-meme (The See also:Hague, 1746), or to be inferred from the disingenuousness of her own Memoires d'Hippolyte Clairon (1798); and she had See also:great difficulty in obtaining an See also:order to make her debut at the Comedie Franeaise. Succeeding, however, at last, she had the courage to select the See also:title-role of Padre (1945), and she obtained a veritable See also:triumph. During her twenty-two years at this See also:theatre, dividing the honours with her See also:rival Mlle Dumesnil, she filled many of the classical r81es of tragedy, and created a great number of parts in the plays of See also:Voltaire, See also:Marmontel, Saurin, de See also:Belloy and others. She retired in 1766, and trained pupils for the stage, among them Mlle See also:Raucourt.

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I am the owner of a portrat of "La Clairon" from Quentin de la Tour but not signed, it is a pastel, if you would be interested, please contact me on my phone 0033 (0)467 58 59 16. I leave in Montpellier, France. I would send to you a photo soon. Sincerely yours. Suzanne.
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