Céline Montaland (10 August 1843 – 8 January 1891) was a French actress, dancer and singer.[1][2]
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Céline Montaland was born on 10 August 1843 in Ghent, Belgium. Her parents, Pierre Montaland and Mathilde Chevalier, were actors. She was trained by her father, who was a former actor at Théâtre du Vaudeville. She made her debut at the age of six at Comédie-Française in the role of Camille in Gabrielle (1849) of Émile Augier.[3] She was the “youngest actress ever to perform at this theater.”[4] She performed a number of children roles, which were specially created for her.[3]
In 1860 she returned to Paris after a worldwide musical tour by her theatrical troupe which got a wide public attention.[5][6] She continued to perform in different popular theaters including Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and Comédie-Française.[3] At the end of her distinguished theatrical career, she became a Sociétaire at the Comédie-Française in 1888.[4]
She died in Paris, France on 8 January 1891.
References edit
- ^ Carlson, Marvin (1972). The French Stage in the Nineteenth Century. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-810-80516-3. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Berlanstein, Lenard R. (30 June 2009). Daughters of Eve: A Cultural History of French Theater Women from the Old Regime to the Fin de Siècle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-674-02081-8. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1999). The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: The years of celebrity, 1850-1856. Vancouver, British Columbia: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-838-63844-6. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b Bernhardt, Sarah (1 January 1999). My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press (SUNY Press). p. 317. ISBN 978-0-791-44053-7. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Marbot, Bernard (1980). After Daguerre: Masterworks of French Photography (1848–1900) from the Bibliothèque Nationale. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 113. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Senelick, Laurence (21 September 2017). Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-521-87180-8. Retrieved 15 June 2022.