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Jenny Vertpré

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Jenny Vertpré
Born
Françoise Fanny Vausgien

6 September 1797
Died3 November 1865(1865-11-03) (aged 68)
OccupationActress
SpousePierre Carmouche

Jenny Vertpré, real name Françoise Fanny Vausgien, (6 September 1797 – 3 November 1865) was a 19th-century French stage actress. During her childhood, she performed under the name of Jenny, at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and then became a leading actress of Théâtre des Variétés (1821-1825), then of the Théâtre du Gymnase (1825-1834). She became the theatre manager of the St James's Theatre in London, she still performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1839, the year when she eventually retired.

She married Pierre Carmouche in 1832.

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Bibliography

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  • Biographies des artistes dramatiques par nos meilleurs auteurs contemporains, 1848 (Read on line)
  • Edmond-Denis De Manne, Charles Ménétrier, Galerie historique des acteurs français, 1877, (p. 208)
  • Eugène Bouvy, Jenny Vertpré (1797-1865), Gounouilhou, 1910
  • Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, 1911, (p. 703)
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