Anaïs Fargueil

Anaïs Fargueil (; 21 March 1819 – 8 April 1896) was a 19th-century French actress.

Biography Anaïs Fargueil was the daughter of Paul Fargueil, a Toulouse actor that made her start on stage from the age of four. In 1825, she followed her parents to Paris and entered the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in the classes of Antoine Ponchard and Auguste Mathieu Panseron. She won first prize for singing. Committed to the Opéra-Comique, she made her debut in La Marquise by Adolphe Adam. She abandoned the opera for the theater and began at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1836. She left it for the Théâtre du Gymnase and toured the province and abroad. She returned to the Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1850 and retired in 1883.

She is buried at Montmartre Cemetery. Her father died on 14 December 1869 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Her daughter, Marguerite Le Rousseau-Fargueil, is buried on 24 April 1911 at Montmartre cemetery in the family vault.

Theatre (selection of roles) 1836: Le Démon de la nuit, two-act comédie en vaudeville, by Jean-François Bayard and Étienne Arago, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 May (role of Mathilde) 1840: Marcelin, three-act drama, by Jean-François Bayard and Dumanoir, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 30 May (Elise de Montdidier) 1842: La dragonne, two-act comedy by Dumanoir and Hippolyte Le Roux, Théâtre du Palais Royal, 13 October (Catherine II) 1853: Les Filles de marbre, five-act drama by Théodore Barrière and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 17 May 1855: Le Mariage d'Olympe, three-act play by Émile Augier, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 17 July 1860: Les Femmes fortes, comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 December 1861: Esther Ramel, three-act play by Édouard Devicque and Henri Crisafulli, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 10 June 1861: Nos intimes !, comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 16 November (role of Cécile) 1863: Lucie Didier, three-act play by Léon Battu and Jaime fils 1863: Les Brebis de Panurge, one-act comedy, in prose by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy 1863: Les Diables noirs, four-act drama by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 28 November 1865: La Famille Benoiton, five-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 November 1866: Maison neuve, five-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 December 1866: Rédemption, d'Octave Feuillet, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 December 1869: Patrie !, five-act historical drama, in 8 scenes by Victorien Sardou 1869: Miss Multon, three-act comedy by Eugène Nus and Adolphe Belot 1870: Les Pattes de mouches, three-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 24 February 1871: L'Ennemie, three-act comedy by Eugène Labiche, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 17 October 1873: L'Oncle Sam, four-act comedy by Victorien Sardou, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 6 November 1875: Rose Michel, five-act drama by Ernest Blum, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 21 January 1881: Madame de Maintenon, five-act drama, with prologue, in verse, by François Coppée, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 12 April (Madame de Maintenon)