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SAMSON, JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871)

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SAMSON, See also:JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871) , See also:French actor and playwright, was See also:born at St See also:Denis on the 2nd of See also:July 1793, the son of a restaurant keeper. He took the first See also:prize for See also:comedy at the See also:Conservatoire in 1812, married an actress with whom he toured See also:France, and came to the Comedie Francaise in 1826. Here he remained until 1863, creating more than 250 parts. He became a See also:professor at the Conservatoire in 1829, and under him See also:Rachel, See also:Rose Cheri (1824-1861), the Brohans and others were trained. He wrote several comedies, among them La Belle-See also:Mere et le gendre (1826), and La Famille See also:poisson (1846). Samson died in See also:Paris on the 28th of See also:March 1871.

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