Armande bejart fille de moliere biography

French actress

Armande-Grésinde-Claire-Élisabeth Béjart (1645 – 30 November 1700) was a French stage actress, also known under her stage name Mademoiselle Molière.^[1] She was married to Molière, and was one of the most famous actresses in the 17th-century.

Life

She was the daughter of Madeleine Béjart and belonged to the Béjart family, a famous theatre family in 17th-century France.^[1] In 1643 her mother Madeleine co-founded, with Molière, the theatre company called Illustre Théâtre.

Together, they had three children: Louis (19 January – 11 November 1664), Marie Madeleine Esprit (3 August 1665 – 23 May 1723) and Pierre Jean-Baptiste Armand (15 September – 11 October 1672).

Early career

She played her first important role in Molière's company in June 1663, as Élise in the Critique de l'école des femmes. She was out of the cast for a short time in 1664, when she had a son with Moliè Armande Béjart – Wikipedia FINIW