Amélie Diéterle

Amélie Diéterle (20 February 1871 – 20 January 1941) was a French actress and opera singer. She was one of the popular actresses of the Belle Époque until the beginning of the Années Folles. Amélie Diéterle inspired the poets Léon Dierx and Stéphane Mallarmé and the painters Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Alfred Philippe Roll.

Biography Amélie Diéterle was born in Strasbourg on 20 February 1871. She was the daughter of a maidservant from Munich and a young French officer, Captain Louis Laurent who was garrisoned nearby in 1870.

Having won first prize of song and solfège at the Conservatory of Dijon, she went to Paris in 1889 where she was chosen from 40 competitors to enter the Concerts Colonne. She was a pupil of Alice Ducasse who had been a singer of the Opéra-Comique. She was spotted in 1891 by the conductor of the Théâtre des Variétés and presented to the director Eugène Bertrand who hired her. This began a career of nearly 35 years in the troupe of the Variety Theatre. She became a permanent actress who had her own rooms and reserved box.

Newspaper Washington Times of Sunday, 6 July 1919. The affair of the fake Rodin statues in the United States.

She became the protégé of art collector Paul Gallimard, who was also the owner of the Variety Theater. She also inspired poets Léon Dierx and Stéphane Mallarmé. and a pastel in 1903, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston.

The two paintings depict Amélie Diéterle wearing a white hat. The third portrait, made around 1910, is a pastel, currently at the in Saint-Quentin.

One of the three works was loaned in 1922 by Gaston Bernheim (1870–1953) to the exhibition A Hundred Years of French Painting (1821–1921) from Ingres to Cubism, organized for the benefit of the Strasbourg Museum (hometown of the actress) at the Parisian headquarters of the Antiquarian Room (reproduced in the article by Léandre Vaillat in L'Illustration n° 4136 of 1er April 1922).

Alfred Philippe Roll made a painting of her in June 1913, showing her half-naked sitting in a garden chair with . This painting is donated by Mrs. Henriette Roll at the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, at the Petit Palais.

She lived for a long time in the city of Croissy-sur-Seine. at the age of 69 years.

Distinctions Amélie Diéterle Appointed Officer of public instruction

Gallery

Theater The actress kneeling on the stage in the play Madame la Présidente (1902). Role : Réséda.

1892: La Vie parisienne, opera in four acts by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Louise 1892: Two against one, comedy in one act, by Debelly, Théâtre des Variétés 1892: Remorse of Gideon, comedy in one act, by Marc Sonal and Victor Gréhon, Theater of Variety. Role : Hermance 1892: La Souricière, comedy in three acts, by Alexandre Bisson and Albert Carré, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Charlotte 1893: Les brigands, opera in three acts, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés . Role : Zerlina 1893: Modes à latresol, vaudeville by Marc Sonal and Victor Gréhon, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Virginia 1894: The Heroic The Cardunois, play in three acts, of Alexandre Bisson, theater of the Varieties. Role : Rosalie 1894: Gentil Bernard or the Art of Love, a five-act comedy mixed with verses, by Philippe Dumanoir (Philippe-François Pinel, says) and Clairville (Louis-François-Marie Nicolai, says), Variety Theater. Role : Manon 1894: Madame la Commissaire, vaudeville in three acts, from Henri Chivot and Henry Bocage (Henry Tousez, says), Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Louisette 1894: The First husband of France, vaudeville in three acts, of Albin Valabrègue, theater of Variety. Role : Clara 1894: La Glissade, comedy in three acts, by Max Maurey (Marx Rapoport, says) and Augustin Thierry (son of Gilbert Augustin-Thierry), Comédie-Parisienne Theater. Role : Julie 1894: Mam'zelle Nitouche, play in four acts, by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud, music by Hervé (Louis -Auguste-Florimond Ronger, says), Variety Theater. Role : Lydie 1894: La Rieuse, a three-act play by Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché, music by Hervé (Louis-Auguste-Florimond Ronger, said), Variety Theater. Role : Lise 1895: The Diary of the Devil, a fantastic piece in five acts and eight tableaux by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, music by Gaston Serpette, theater varieties. Role : Hyacinth 1895: Chilperic, opera eaten in three acts and four tableaux, by Hervé (Louis-Auguste-Florimond Ronger, says) and Paul Ferrier, music by Hervé, Variety Theater. Role : Hennengarde 1896: The Punctured Eye, opera in three acts, by Hervé (Louis-Auguste-Florimond Ronger, says), theater of varieties. Role : Éclosine 1897: Paris qui marche, revue in 3 acts, 10 paintings, by Hector Monréal and Henri Blondeau, music of Henri Chatau (which composes especially for this review, the famous song, Frou-frou), theater of the Varieties. Roles : Raphaëlle, A little lady, A lady of the Restoration, Bengaline. 1898: Le Nouveau Jeu, a comedy in five acts and seven tableaux by Henri Lavedan, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Riquiqui 1899: Forward: Smart!, Fantasy (revue) by Jules Oudot and Henry de Gorsse, cabaret of songwriters: Tréteau de Tabarin at 58 rue Pigalle. Role : the Divette 1900: Between court and garden, fantasy-revue in one act of Émile Duranthon and Paul Delay, théâtre des Mathurins. Role : The Commere 1900: Mignardise, fantasy in one act, by Michel Carré son and Frédéric Febvre, music by Francis Thomé, Capucine Theater. Role : Mignardise 1900: Prince's Education, a four-act play by Maurice Donnay, at the Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Mariette Spring 1900: Les brigands (reprise), opéra in three acts, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music of Jacques Offenbach, Variety Theater. Role : Duke of Mantua 1900: La belle Hélène (reprise), opera in three acts by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Oreste 1900: Le carnet du Diable (reprise), faerie-operetta in three acts and ten tableaux by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, music of Gaston Serpette, Variety Theater. Role : Sataniella 1901: Napoli, four-act ballet in Paul Milliet, music by Franco Alfano, staging and choreography by Mrs Mariquita (Marie-Thérèse Gamalery, so-called), under the direction of Édouard Marchand, theater director of the Folies Bergère. Role : La Parisienne 1901: The Works of Hercules, Opera in 3 acts of Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers, music of Claude Terrasse, Bouffes-Parisiens theater. Role : the queen Omphale 1901: Lili and Tonton, a play by Léon Jancey at the Mathurins Theater. Role : Julie de Vimeuse 1902: Madame la Présidente, operetta in 3 acts, by Paul Ferrier and Auguste Germain, music by Edmond Diet, bouffes-Parisians. Role : Reseda. 1903: La Revue à poivre, reviewed in eight tableaux by E.P. Lafargue at La Scala. Role : Beguinette 1904: Mam'zelle 5 Louis or Mam'zelle Five Louis, fantasy-operetta in three acts and five tableaux by Armand Tillet says Claude Roland and Hippolyte Gaetan Chapoton said Serge Basset, music of Louis Bernard-Saraz said Ludovic Ratz, Café-concert Parisiana. Role : Mam'zelle Five Louis 1905: La Petite Milliardaire by Henri Dumay 1905: Heart of Sparrow, of Louis Artus, Theater of the Athenee 1906: Le Paradis de Mahomet, an operetta in three acts and four tableaux by Henri Blondeau, music by Robert Planquette, Variety Theater. Role : Fathmé 1906: La Ponette by Louis Artus 1907: The Coup de Jarnac by Henry de Gorsse and Maurice de Marsan 1907: Des Lys here and there, delight, revue in one act by Jean Meudrot and Paul Bail, Théâtre de la Comédie-Royale. Roles : Fleur de Lys and the Ecaillère and an imitation of Jacasse 1907: Love in the bank, comedy in three acts of Louis Artus, theater of the Varieties. Role : Caroline 1908: The King, comedy in four acts by Robert de Flers, Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Emmanuel Arène, theater varieties. Role : Suzette Bourdier 1909: Crainquebille, a play in three tableaux by Anatole France, Théâtre du Châtelet. Role: a worker 1909: 24 October, 530e and last performance of the comedy, The King, at the Théâtre des Variétés. 1909: Le Circuit, a three-act play by Georges Feydeau and Francis de Croisset, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Gabrielle 1910: At the time of the crusades, operetta by Franc-Nohain and Claude Terrasse, Palais de la Bourse, as part of the Feast of the Exchange Agent Company. Role : The chatelaine 1910: Our Women, vaudeville in three acts by Pierre Filhol, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques. Role: Chichette 1911: La Vie parisienne (reprise), opera in four acts by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés. Role : Swedish Baroness 1911: Les Midinettes, by Louis Artus 1912: Happiness at the hand by Paul Gavault 1917: Béguinette, Variety Theater 1918: La Dame de Monte-Carlo by Georges Léglise and Edmond Pingrin, music by Germaine Raynal and Hubert Mouton, Théâtre des Variétés 1919: I want to have a Child, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique 1921: The King, by Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers and Emmanuel Arène, Variety Theater. Role : Youyou 1922: La Belle Angevine by Maurice Donnay and André Rivoire, Théâtre des Variétés.

Filmography Amélie Diéterle on the left, in the silent film, The luthier of Cremona, by Albert Capellani in 1909. Role : Giannina. Amélie Diéterle on the right on the photograph, in The universal legatee, by André Calmettes in 1909.

1909: Femme de chambre improvisée, by Georges Monca 1909: Jim Blackwood jockey, by Georges Monca 1909: The two burglars, by Georges Monca 1909: The maker of Cremona, by Albert Capellani 1909: The universal legatee, by André Calmettes 1910: Mimi Pinson (or Miss Pinson), by Georges Monca. Role : Mimi Pinson 1910: The Christmas of the Painter, by Georges Monca 1910: The cicada and the ant by Georges Monca 1910: The cat metamorphosed into a woman, by Michel Carré. Role: Kato 1911: The living dead by Michel Carré 1911: The rival duped, by Michel Carré. Role: The bride 1911: Rigadin burglar, by Georges Monca 1911: Boubouroche, by Georges Monca 1911: Rigadin and the recalcitrant tenant, by Georges Monca 1911: The Nose of Rigadin, by Georges Monca 1911: The Disadvantages of Rigadin, by Georges Monca 1912: Rigadin explorer, by Georges Monca 1912: Rigadin and the aunt to the inheritance, by Georges Monca. Role : The aunt 1912: The household of Rigadin, by Georges Monca 1912: Rigadin and the recalcitrant divorcee, by Georges Monca 1912: The three sultanas, by Adrien Caillard. Role : Roxelane 1912: Rigadin between two flames, by Georges Monca 1912: Rigadin in the Balkans, by Georges Monca 1913: The vengeful fire, by Georges Monca. Role : Countess of Grandchamp