Jeanne Samary
Jeanne Samary (March 4, 1857 as Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary in Neuilly-sur-Seine – September 18, 1890 in Paris) was a French actress at the Comédie-Française and a model for Auguste Renoir.
Jeanne Samary attended 1871–1874 the Paris drama school and passed with distinction. In the same year she became a member of the Comédie-Française and debuted on 24 August 1874 as Dorine in Tartuffe by Molière. Jeanne Samary excelled in numerous roles in the comedies, but also in parts of Éduard Pailleron (L'Étincelle; La Monde ou l'on s'ennuie).
Renoir painted 1877–1880 around a dozen times, and Louise Abbéma painted twice.
In 1882 she married Paul Largarde, with whom she had three children. Shortly before her death she wrote a children's book entitled "Les gourmandises de Charlotte" for their children. She died in 1890 at typhoid fever and was buried in the Passy Cemetery.
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