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MELINGUE, ETIENNE MARIN (1808–1875)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 95 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MELINGUE, See also:ETIENNE MARIN (1808–1875) , See also:French actor and sculptor, was See also:born in See also:Caen, the son of a volunteer of 1792. He See also:early went to See also:Paris and obtained See also:work as a sculptor on the See also:church of the Madeleine, but his See also:passion for the See also:stage soon led him to join a strolling See also:company of comedians. Finally See also:chance gave him an opportunity to show his talents, and at the See also:Porte See also:Saint See also:Martin he became the popular interpreter of romantic See also:drama of the See also:Alexandre See also:Dumas type. One of his greatest successes was as Benvenuto See also:Cellini, in which he displayed his ability both as an actor and as a sculptor, really modelling before the eyes of the See also:audience a statue of See also:Hebe. He sent a number of statuettes to the various exhibitions, notably one of See also:Gilbert See also:Louis Duprez as See also:William Tell. Melingue's wife, Theodorine Thiesset (1813-1886), was the actress selected by See also:Victor See also:Hugo to create the See also:part of Guanhumara in Burgraves at the Comedie Francaise, where she remained ten years. See Dumas, Une See also:Vie d'ariiste (1854).

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