Suzanne Desprès

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Suzanne Desprès (December 16, 1875 - July 1, 1951), French actress, was born at Verdun, and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy.

She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Aurélien Lugné-Poe (b. 1870), the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama, L'Œuvre, and she had a brilliant success in several plays produced by him.

In succeeding years she played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her debut at the Comédie-Française, appearing in Phèdre and other important parts.

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