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Favart, Mme (Marie-Justine-Benoîte)

Birth date

1727

Death date

1772

Biography

Mme Favart was an opera singer, actress, playwright, and dancer. She was married to the dramatist Charles Simon Favart. She performed for many years at the Comédie Italienne in Paris. In 1878, Offenbach wrote the opera Madame Favert, a fictional story based on the actress and her husband.
 
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