Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange

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Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (17 September 1772-25 May 1816) was a French actress of the Comédie-Française.

She was born in Genoa, the daughter of a musician and an actress at the Comedie Italienne. She made her first appearance on the stage at Tours in 1787 and a successful debut at the Comédie-Française in 1788 in L'Ecossaise and L'Oracle. She followed François Joseph Talma and the others in 1791 to the Rue Richelieu, but returned after a few months to the Comédie-Française.

Here her talent and beauty gave her an enormous success in François do Neuchhteaus Pamela, the performance of which brought upon the theatre the wrath of the Committee of Safety. With the author and the other members of the cast, she was arrested and imprisoned. After the 9th Thermidor she rejoined her comrades at the Théâtre Feydeau, but retired in December 1797, reappearing only for a few performances in 1807. She had, meantime, married the son of a rich Belgian named Simons. She died in 1816.

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