Desprès, Suzanne (1875–1951)

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Desprès, Suzanne (1875–1951)

French actress. Born at Verdun, France, in 1875; died in 1951; studied at the Paris Conservatoire; married Aurelien Lugné-Poë (b. 1870, an actor-manager).

Suzanne Desprès received her training at the Paris Conservatoire where she took first prize for comedy and second prize for tragedy (1897). She married actor-manager Aurelien Lugné-Poë, founder of L'Œuvre, a new school of modern drama. Desprès had great success in several plays produced by him. She later played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin. In 1902, Desprès made her debut at the Comédie Française, where she appeared in important plays, including Phèdre.

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