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François Jules Edmond Got

1822 – 1901

French actor

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Lived 1822 – 1901 (aged 78). François Jules Edmond Got was a French actor, librettist, writer and art critic.

François Jules Edmond Got (1 October 1822, in Lignerolles, Orne – 21 March 1901, in Passy, a district in Paris) was a French stage actor, comedian, and opera librettist.

Edmond Got entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1841, winning the second prize for comedy that year and the first in 1842. After a year of military service he made his debut at the Comédie Française on 17 July 1844, as Alexis in Les Héritiers and Mascarelles in Les Précieuses ridicules. He was immediately admitted pensionnaire, and became sociétaire in 1850. By special permission of the emperor in 1866 he played at the Odéon in Emile Augier's Contagion. His golden jubilee at the Théâtre Français was celebrated in 1894, and he made his final appearance the year after.

Got was a fine representative of the grand style of French acting, and was much admired in England as well as in Paris. He wrote two librettos for operas by Edmond Membrée (1820-1892), François Villon (1857) and L'Esclave (1874). In 1881, he was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Lycée Charlemagne, Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Positions held
Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française, Dean
Employers
Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Comédie-Française, Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped François Jules Edmond Got's

Frequently asked questions

Who was François Jules Edmond Got?

French actor (1822-1901)

When was François Jules Edmond Got born?

François Jules Edmond Got was born on 1 October 1822 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.

When did François Jules Edmond Got die?

François Jules Edmond Got died on 20 March 1901 in hameau de Boulainvilliers.

What was François Jules Edmond Got's occupation?

François Jules Edmond Got was an actor, librettist, writer and art critic.

What nationality was François Jules Edmond Got?

François Jules Edmond Got was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: François Jules Edmond Got

· Wikidata: Q3047850

· DBpedia: François Jules Edmond Got

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