Suzanne Reichenberg

Suzanne Reichenberg (stage name, Suzette; 7 September 1853 – 9 March 1924), Baroness of Bourgoing, was a French actress. She joined the Comédie-Française on August 1, 1867, and started on December 14, 1868. She was appointed its 294th member on 1 January 1872, on 9 January 1872. Reichenberg retired from the Comédie-Française on January 31, 1898.

Early life and education Suzanne Angélique Charlotte Reichenberg was born in the 17th arrondissement of Paris on September 7, 1853, to a Hungarian father, Charles Reichenberg, (1828–1859), a tailor-cutter, and a Picard mother, Aline-Joachim-Florence Bocquillon. The family lived on Rue de Rivoli, opposite the Tuileries Palace.

She was the goddaughter of Susanne Brohan, whose mother later became her lady-in-waiting. Brohan taught Suzanne La Fontaine's Fables and verses by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. Marcel Proust mentioned her in 1894 as "all graceful, dressed in pale pink and wearing a large white hat covered with large pink feathers". Reichenberg's photo, front page of Paris-Artiste, no. 20, 1884 In her day, she was considered to be the best ingénue character of the Comédie Française which required a character that required youth, grace, and sentiment.

Before her retirement from the stage in 1898, she undertook performances in Europe. She received a compliment from the Dowager Empress and praise from the Sultan, in the form of pearls and diamonds.

The dish, Crêpes Suzette, may have been named in honour of Reichenberg, who worked professionally under the name "Suzette". The recipe was created by Auguste Escoffier, who was the chef at the Hôtel Ritz Paris before heading the kitchens at the Savoy Hotel in London. It was there that he served the Prince of Wales, the future King of England Edward VII, crepes cooked with curaçao. The Prince suggested naming the dish after Suzanne Reichenberg, the young woman who accompanied him for dessert.

In 1883, Reichenberg had a holiday home, Villa Reichenberg, built in Saint-Raphaël, Var, later named Villa Marie, by the architect Pierre Aublé.

She married Napoléon-Pierre-Mathieu, Baron de Bourgoing (1857–1916) on 12 October 1900, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.

Death and legacy Suzanne Reichenberg died in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, on 9 March 1924. with her parents, her daughter, Fernande-Madeleine Reichenberg, wife of Pierre-Robert Pitet, and her grandson Jacques Pitet.

Arsène Alexandre was her biographer with Suzanne Reichenberg: les ingénues au théâtre (1898).

Theatre

Career with Comédie-Française 1868 : L'École des femmes by Molière : Agnès 1869 : Julie by Octave Feuillet : Cécile 1869 : Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais : Fanchette 1870 : Esther by Jean Racine : une jeune Israélite 1871 : Athalie by Jean Racine : Joas 1871 : Christiane by Edmond Gondinet : Christiane 1871 : Les Plaideurs by Jean Racine : Isabelle 1875 : Les Projets de ma tante by Henry Nicole 1875 : Bataille de dames by Eugène Scribe 1875 : Tartuffe by Molière : Marianne 1875 : La Grand'maman by Édouard Cadol : Alice 1875 : L'Ilote by Charles Monselet et Paul Arène : Fleur-de-Sauge 1876 : L'Ami Fritz by Émile Erckmann & Alexandre Chatrian : Suzel 1876 : Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre by Molière : Mathurine 1878 : Les Fourchambault by Émile Augier 1879 : Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais : Chérubin, puis Suzanne 1880 : Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière : Lucile 1886 : Un parisien by Edmond Gondinet : Geneviève 1886 : Hamlet, prince de Danemark according to William Shakespeare : Ophélie 1887 : Francillon by Alexandre Dumas : Annette 1887 : Vincenette by Pierre Barbier : Vincenette 1887 : La Souris by Édouard Pailleron : Marthe de Moisan 1888 : Les Femmes savantes by Molière : Henriette 1888 : Pepa by Henri Meilhac et Louis Ganderax : Pepa Vasquez 1890 : Margot by Henri Meilhac : Margot 1890 : La Parisienne by Henry Becque : Clotilde 1892 : Le Juif polonais by Émile Erckmann & Alexandre Chatrian : Annette 1894 : Les Romanesques by Edmond Rostand : Sylvette 1895 : Le Fils de l'Arétin by Henri de Bornier : Stellina 1896 : L'Évasion by Eugène Brieux : Mme de Cattenières 1897 : Mieux vaut douceur et violence by Édouard Pailleron : Cécile 1903 : Gringoire by Théodore de Banville

Other 1887 : Le Cœur de Paris, a revue with Réjane, at Paris Opera. A single performance, given to benefit the works of the