About François Hus
Lived 1695 – 1774 (aged 78–79). François Hus was a French actor and comedian.
François Hus was an 18th-century French comedian and head of troupe born 7 September 1695 in Marseille and died before 1774.
Family The son of Jérôme Hus and Marguerite Pageot, called Desforges, he was the eldest member of the Hus family and with his brother Barthélemy, would lead a traveling troupe known as the "Hus brothers's troupe."
In 1730, he married Françoise-Nicole Gravillon, actress and playwright from Lyon. From this union were born in particular the dancer Jean-Baptiste and Adélaïde-Louise-Pauline, future Mlle Hus of the Comédie-Française.
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French comedian
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François Hus was born on 7 September 1695 in Marseille.
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François Hus died in 1774.
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François Hus was an actor and comedian.
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François Hus was French.
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