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Marie Champmeslé (18 February 1642 – 15 May 1698) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 actress.

She was born in Rouen
Rouen

Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie r?gion in France....
 of a good family; her father's name was Desmares. She made her first appearance on the stage at Rouen with Charles Chevillet Champmeslé (1645-170?), who called himself sieur de Champmeslé, and they were married in 1666. By 1669 they were playing in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 at the Theatre du Marais
Théâtre du Marais

The Th??tre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century....
, her first appearance there being as Venus in Boyer
Boyer

Boyer is a surname which is derived from the Boii, a Celtic tribe that migrated from ancient Bohemia to many regions surrounding the Alps . Boyers in England may come from bowyer, meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller." In French, the surname may mean "ox leader"....
's Fête de Vénus.






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Marie Champmeslé (18 February 1642 – 15 May 1698) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 actress.

She was born in Rouen
Rouen

Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie r?gion in France....
 of a good family; her father's name was Desmares. She made her first appearance on the stage at Rouen with Charles Chevillet Champmeslé (1645-170?), who called himself sieur de Champmeslé, and they were married in 1666. By 1669 they were playing in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 at the Theatre du Marais
Théâtre du Marais

The Th??tre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century....
, her first appearance there being as Venus in Boyer
Boyer

Boyer is a surname which is derived from the Boii, a Celtic tribe that migrated from ancient Bohemia to many regions surrounding the Alps . Boyers in England may come from bowyer, meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller." In French, the surname may mean "ox leader"....
's Fête de Vénus. The next year, as Hermione in Jean Racine
Jean Racine

Jean Racine was a France dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France , and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition....
's Andromaque, she had a great success at the Hotel de Bourgogne
Hôtel de Bourgogne

Until the 16th century, the H?tel de Bourgogne was the name of the Paris residence of the Dukes of Burgundy.In 1548, the society of the Confr?res de la Passion et de la R?surrection de Notre Seigneur J?sus-Christ built a theatre here, on rue Mauconseil to put on their mystery plays....
. Her intimacy with Racine dates from then. Some of his finest tragedies were written for her, but her repertoire was not confined to them, and many an indifferent play - like Thomas Corneille
Thomas Corneille

Thomas Corneille was a French dramatist. He was the brother of Pierre Corneille.Born in Rouen nearly twenty years after his brother, the "great Corneille", Thomas's skill as a poet seems to have shown itself early....
's Ariene and Comte d'Essex - owed its success to her natural manner of acting, and her pathetic rendering of the hapless heroine.

Phaedre was the climax of her triumphs, and when she and her husband deserted the Hotel de Bourgogne, it was selected to open the Comédie-Française
Comédie-Française

The Com?die-Fran?aise or Th??tre-Fran?ais is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors....
 on 26 August, 1680. Here, with Madame Gurin as the leading comedy actress, she played the great tragic love parts for more than thirty years.

La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous France Fable and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Victor Hugo....
 dedicated to her his novel Belphegor, and Boileau
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Nicolas Boileau-Despr?aux was a French poet and critic....
 immortalized her in verse. Her husband distinguished himself both as actor and playwright, and his Farisien (1682) gave Mme Gurin one of her greatest successes.

Her brother, the actor Nicolas Desmares (c. 1650-1714), began as a member of a subsidized company at Copenhagen, but by her influence he came to Paris and was received in 1685 sans debut, the first time such an honor had been accorded at the Comedie Francaise, where he became famous for peasant parts. His daughter, to whom Christian V. and his queen stood sponsors, Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682-1753), was a fine actress in both tragedy and soubrette parts. She made her debut at the Comédie-Française in 1699, in La Grange Chancels Oreste et Pylade, and was at once received as sociétaire. She retired in 1721.