Jeanne Auzoult, stage name Mademoiselle Baron (c. 1625–1662), was a French stage actress.
She was the daughter of actors Jean Auzoult and Jeanne de Creve, and married André Boiron (d. 1655) in 1641. She was the mother of the famous actor Michel Baron.
She was engaged in the Grands Comediens (Comédiens du Roi) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1641–1662.
During her career, she was a successful, well known and popular actor, though her popularity has been attributed to her beauty rather than to her artistic abilities. According to Tallemant, Mlle Baron was "very pretty, not a marvelous actress, but a success thanks to her beauty".
She was described as "an outstanding interpreter of boys' parts", and was admired by Pierre Corneille.
She worked until her death and was replaced by the famous Alix Faviot, who was engaged in 1662 to replace her.
References
- ^ Scott, Virginia (2010). Women on the stage in early modern France : 1540-1750. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-77670-0. OCLC 650374145.
- Forman, Edward. (2010). Historical dictionary of French theater. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8108-7451-0. OCLC 667292718.
- Esslin, Martin (1977). The Encyclopedia of world theater: with 420 illustrations and an index of play titles. Gröning, Karl. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-684-14834-X. OCLC 3609949.
- French theatre in the neo-classical era, 1550-1789. Howarth, W. D. (William Driver). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997. p. 132. ISBN 0-521-23013-6. OCLC 34471798.
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