Mademoiselle Anaïs
French actress (1802–1871)
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Anaïs Pauline Nathalie Aubert, known as Mademoiselle Anaïs (1802–1871) was a French actress.
Mademoiselle Anaïs | |
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Portrait de Mademoiselle Anaïs, lithographie de Pierre Langlumé | |
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| Died | 25 July 1871  |
| Occupation | Actor |
Biography
Anaïs was born in Toury, Eure-et-Loir, and entered the Comédie-Française in 1816 at the age of just fourteen. In 1832 she was chosen to be the 252nd Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.[1]
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.[2]
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.[citation needed]
She resigned from the Comédie-Française in 1851 and died in 1871, aged 69, at Louveciennes.
