Françoise Billiard, known as Madame/Mme Grassot or Fanny Grassot, was a French theatre actress, born in 1810 (some sources say 1811) and died at the Rossini retirement home, rue Mirabeau in Paris, on 23 June 1892 (some sources say 1893).
She performed in traveling troupes then at the Théâtre du Gymnase from 1833. Also cited at the Palais-Royal. In 1868, aged 57, with thirty years in the theatre, she received a pension of 200 francs by the Society of Artists (Société des Artistes).
She married actor Paul Grassot in Paris on 29 May 1852 (some sources say earlier).
Theatre credits include Clara Soleil by Edmond Gondinet and Pierre Sivrac (1885) and La Cachucha by Desvergers, both at Théâtre du Vaudeville, and many more.
Theatre credits
Selected credits listed below.
1892 | The Pont-Biquet Family by Alexandre Bisson |
1885 | Clara Soleil by Edmond Gondinet |
1882 | A Wedding Paris by Edmond About |
1853 | A Woman in my Fountain by Théodore Barrière |
1848 | Agénor the Dangerous by Eugène Labiche |
" | An English Channel by Eugène Labiche |
1846 | Mademoiselle My Wife by Auguste Lefranc |
1845 | The Almanac of 25,000 Addresses by Ferdinand de Villeneuve |
1842 | The Fantastic Omelette by Louis Boyer |
1840 | Trianon by Jean-François Bayard |
" | Bob by Paul Duport |
" | Day to Fans by Emmanuel Théaulon |
1839 | Gabrielle by Jacques-François Ancelot |
1838 | The Grand Daddy Guerin by Laurencin |
" | La Cachucha by de Desvergers |
" | Paul Duport's Sister-in-Law |
1835 | Be Loved or Die! by Eugène Scribe |
1834 | Pécherel the Empailleur by Félix-Auguste Duvert |
" | Salvoisy by Eugène Scribe |
1833 | It is Still the Happiness by Lockroy |
" | A Mother by Jean-François Bayard |
1821 | The Little Sister by Eugène Scribe |
References
- Grassot.
- Steer, Linda (2017-07-05). "Appropriated Photographs in French Surrealist Periodicals, 1924?939 ". Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-57624-6.
- Maison Martinet (Paris, France); Grassot, Fanny; Goy, Virginie (1830-01-01). "Costumes de Mme. Grassot, rôle de Aménaïde, et de Melle. Virginie Goy, rôle de Julie, dans la Cachucha. Vaudeville, Th. du Gymnase". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Etablissement MADAME ANNE GRASSOT à PARIS 15 (75015) sur SOCIETE.COM (45210499500017)". www.societe.com. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Visionneuse - Archives de Paris". archives.paris.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "ISNI 0000000360996439 Belliard, Fanny ( 1811-1893 )". isni.oclc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Mme Grassot". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 23 June 1892. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Fanny Grassot (1811-1893)". data.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "IdRef - Grassot, Fanny (actress; 1811-1893)".
- "Visionneuse - Archives de Paris". archives.paris.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- "Id Ref - Grassot, Paul Louis Auguste (1800-1860; actor)".
- "II. Scribe at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and at the Théâtre du Gymnase: the Comédies-vaudemlles", Eugène Scribe and the French Theatre, 1815-1860, Harvard University Press, pp. 32–73, 1924-12-31, doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674280168.c2, ISBN 978-0-674-28016-8, retrieved 2021-03-05
External links
- Virtual International Authority File (Virtual International Authority File)
- ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier)
- IdRef - Grassot, Fanny (actress; 1811-1893)
- Mrs Grassot / Françoise Billard on Les Archives du Spectacle - A search engine for the performing arts