Thérèse Dancourt
Thérèse Marie Jeanne Lenoir La Thorillière (born July 15, 1663 in Paris , † May 11, 1725 ibid), known as Thérèse Dancourt , was a French actress .
The French historian and biographer Pierre-David Lemazurier , however, doubts the date of birth and suspects that Thérèse Dancourt must be at least five years younger because she played teenage lovers at the age of sixty.
biography
Thérèse Dancourt was born in the Palais Royal as the daughter of the actor La Thorillière (1626–1680). In 1680 she was kidnapped by Dancourt to take on her first role in Fontainebleau in 1683 . A year later she made her debut in Paris at the Comédie-Française . In 1684 their first daughter Manon and in 1685 their second daughter Mimi were born.
Thérèse Dancourt mainly played the youthful lover up to an advanced age . In 1720 she retired and received a pension of 1,000 livres .
Pierre de Noir , Thérèse Dancourt's brother, was also an actor and carried on his father's stage name, La Thorillière.
Roles (selection)
- Michel Baron : L'homme à bonne fortune , the Araminte
- Jean-Baptiste de La Noue : La Coquette Corrigée , the Lucile
- Jean-François Regnard : Le Joueur , the Angèlique
- Jean-François Regnard: Le Distrait the Clarice
- Jean-François Regnard: Démocrite amoureux , the Criséis
- Michel Baron: l'Andrienne , the Glycérie
literature
- Henry Lyonnet : Dictionnaire des comédiens français , Paris, Volume 1, p. 423, digitized
- Pierre-David Lemazurier: Galerie historique des acteurs du Théâtre français , Paris: Chaumerot, 1st volume. P. 122, digitized
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dancourt, Thérèse |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | La Thorillière, Thérèse Marie Jeanne Lenoir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1725 |
| Place of death | Paris |