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Adrienne Lecouvreur (5 April 1692 – 20 March 1730), born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery , she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille .
Adrienne Lecouvreur est une comédienne française, née Adrienne Couvreur le 5 avril 1692 à Damery (Marne), près d'Épernay, Adrienne Lecouvreur grandit à Fismes (Marne) où son père exerce le métier de chapelier. Elle est morte le 20 mars 1730 à Paris.
- Salonnière, actrice
- 5 avril 1692Damery
- 20 mars 1730 (à 37 ans)Paris
- à partir de 1717
Adrienne Lecouvreur (French pronunciation: [adʁijɛn ləkuvʁœʁ]) is a French tragic play written by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe. It portrays the life of the leading French actress of the eighteenth century Adrienne Lecouvreur and her mysterious death.
Mar 20, 1999 · Adrienne Lecouvreur (born April 5, 1692, Damery, Fr.—died March 20, 1730, Paris) was a leading French actress whose life inspired a tragic drama a century after her death. At the age of 14 she participated in an amateur performance of Pierre Corneille’s Polyeucte.
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Peu de comédiennes ont alimenté la légende comme la pathétique Adrienne Lecouvreur. D'origine champenoise, Adrienne Couvreur, dite Adrienne Lecouvreur, débute à Paris par hasard, sur un théâtre de société, dans Pauline (Polyeucte).
Lecouvreur, Adrienne (1690–1730) Celebrated French actress whose premature death left many questions. Born on April 5, 1690 (some sources cite 1692), at Damery, Marne, France; died on March 20, 1730, in Paris; daughter of Robert Couvreur (a hatter); mother's name unknown; mistress of Maurice of Saxony; children: three daughters, one of whom ...
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Mar 20, 2018 · It was on this day 288 years ago that the fabled French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur died in Paris. Born to a humble family in 1692, she won acclaim as an actress in Lille, Lunéville, and Strasbourg before being invited to join the company of the Comédie Française.
