Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville

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Marie Anne Botot, called Dangeville, drawing by Quentin de La Tour

Marie-Anne Botot , called Mademoiselle Dangeville the Younger (born December 29, 1714 in Paris , † February 29, 1796 there ) was a French actress .

Life

Dangeville was the daughter of the dancer Antoine-François Botot (1681–1757) and his wife, the actress Catherine Desmares (before 1685–1772). Both were known under the name Dangeville and this name was adopted by their daughter.

She was on stage at a young age and learned her parents' craft; her father taught her to dance. She made her debut on January 28, 1730 in her first leading role at the Comédie-Française in Paris, in the play Le Médisant by Philippe Néricault Destouches .

For over thirty years she played in the theater, immersing herself in her roles with an unusual seriousness for her time and interpreting them in this way. She was also able to achieve success again and again in cooperation with her colleague Préville . Because of her cheerful, cordial manner, she won the goodwill of her contemporaries, and Voltaire greatly admired her. It also received friendly reviews from Friedrich Melchior Grimm and Claude-Joseph Dorat .

She retired from the stage in 1763 and lived in a Paris town house ( Rue de Vaugirard ). There she also received befriended poets such as Claude-Joseph Dorat, Antoine-Marin Lemierre and Germain-François Poullain de Saint-Foix .

Her bust was placed in the Comédie-Française with the addition: La force du naturel ( strength from natural talent ).

literature

  • Edward Forman: Historical Dictionary of French Theater . Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Ml. 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-4939-6 .

Web links

Commons : Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 124.