Marthe Brandès
Marthe Brandes (actually Marthe-Joséphine Brunschwig or Brunswig , born January 31, 1862 in Paris , † 1930 ) was a French actress.
Life
Marthe Brandès studied the arts and then trained as an actress with Gustave Worms. She played at the Comédie-Française and Vaudeville, she was also at the Theater de la Renaissance, where Lucien Guitry was her stage partner, the Opéra-Comique, the Theater Porte-Sainte-Marie and the Gymnase. She embodied many figures from Alexandre Dumas the Younger , Georges de Porto-Rich and Paul Bourget . In 1891, her interpretation of Hedda Gabler met with displeasure from the public after she had expressed her antipathy for the character before the performance began.
Marthe Brandès played Dona Dolores in Patrie in 1901 , in 1908 as Gabrielle in Un divorce by Paul Bourget and André Cury , and in 1913 as Princess Gina in L'exilée by Henry Kistenmaecker .
In 1914 she ended her stage career. Soon after, she founded L'Abri du Soldat Aveugle, an institution for soldiers who had lost their sight. She was accepted into the Legion of Honor for her commitment to the rehabilitation of soldiers .
Marthe Brandès was photographed by well-known photographers such as Nadar and Léopold-Émile Reutlinger . A lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello was published in Les Contemporains Celèbres in 1904 , Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec created a lithograph with the title Brandès et Le Bargy as early as 1894 . In the same year he also designed the lithograph Brandès et Leloir , which shows the two actors in Les Cabotins .
In James Huneker's novel Painted Veils Marthe Brandès is briefly mentioned and her Jewish origins are discussed.
Web links
- Isidore Singer, Edouard André: BRANDÈS, MARTHE. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Individual evidence
- ^ Isidore Singer, Edouard André: BRANDÈS, MARTHE. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
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- ↑ Frecker
- ↑ Cappiello
- ↑ Davisart ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Davisart ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Huneker
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandès, Marthe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandes, Marthe; Brunschwig, Marthe-Joséphine (real name); Brunswig, Marthe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1930 |