Marguerite Debreux
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Marguerite Terdie or Terdy (5 Jun 1851–23 Jun 1917),[1] known as Marguerite Debreux, was a French actress, lyric artist, and courtesan of the 19th century.
Life
She made her debut at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1868.
In London, she sang the repertoire of Offenbach and Hervé in 1870-1871. She was the mistress of Gabriel Hugelmann, who subsidized the theatre to which she was attached.[2][3]
She was hired at the Bouffes-Parisiens in 1871[4] where she was to debut in Le Corsaire Noir.[5]
In 1873, she met the coulissier Camille Bloch, of whom she became the mistress and with whom she lived for 25 years from 1874 to 1899, and who, on her advice, left the theatre to devote himself to his love affairs.[6]
Hugelmann, seeking revenge, publicly denounced the presence of his former mistress[7] at the time of the searches in the lupanar of the rue de Suresnes,[8] a gallant refuge for theatre girls and young ladies who used to go there in secret from their lovers.[9] Debreux, along with about 20 fellow artists, including Alice Regnault, Méry Laurent, and Gabrielle Roux, sued Hugelmann for slander.[10][11][12] Despite his exoneration, this episode remained attached to his name long after the fact.[13]
She played at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal and the Théâtre des Nouveautés in 1880.
Her furniture and objets d'art were put on sale in 1906.[14][15]
Some roles
- 1868: La Poudre de Perlinpinpin, féerie by the Cogniard brothers, as Cupidon, at Théâtre du Châtelet.
- 1870: Le Petit Faust, opéra bouffe, by Hervé[16] as Méphistophélès at Lyceum Theatre, London.
- 1871: La princesse de Trébizonde, by Offenbach, as Régina, revival at Bouffes-Parisiens, 15 September.[17]
- 1871: Le testament de Monsieur de Crac, operetta by Charles Lecocq, as Thibaude, at the Bouffes-Parisiens, 23 October.[18][19]
- 1872: Le Serpent à plumes, opéra bouffe, by Léo Delibes, revival at Bouffes-Parisiens.[20]
- 1872: La Timbale d'argent, opéra bouffe, by Léon Vasseur after a libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Jules Noriac, as Fichtel, creation at the Bouffes-Parisiens, 9 April.[21][22]
- 1873: La Rosière d'ici, by Léon Roques, at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 27 March
- 1873: La Leçon d'amour, by Livrat and Watchs.[23]
- 1873: La Quenouille de Verre, by Charles Grisart, as Lucette, at the Bouffes-Parisiens, 7 November.[24]
- 1875: La Cruche cassée, by Léon Vasseur, travesti role of Louis XV, at Théâtre Taitbout.[25]
- 1876: Le Roi d'Yvetot, opéra bouffe by Léon Vasseur, at Theatre Taitbout[26]
- 1878: La Timbale d'argent, revival at Bouffes-Parisiens.[27]
- 1880: La Cantinière, operetta by Robert Planquette, as Musardin, at Théâtre des Nouveautés, 26 October.[28]
- 1882: Le Jour et la Nuit, operetta by Charles Lecocq, as Sanchette, at Tthéâtre des Nouveautés.[29][30]
References
- ↑ "Family tree of Louise, Françoise, Hortense TERDIE". Geneanet. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
- ↑ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1874-03-26. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Petit journal". Gallica (in French). 1874-03-26. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1871-08-21. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "L'Orchestre". Gallica (in French). August 1871. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Journal". Gallica (in French). 1900-12-30. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Macé, Gustave (1902). La police parisienne (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Affaire de la rue de Suresnes. La baronne Strausack & Cie. Tribunal correctionnel de Paris audiences des 20,21 et 22 Février 1873. Imp. Sacre-Duquesne. 1873. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Claude, Antoine; Labourieu, Théodore (1881–1883). Mémoires de M. Claude, chef de la police de sûreté sous le second Empire. Tome 7 (in French). p. 204. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1873-01-17. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1873-01-26. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Tintamarre". Gallica (in French). 1873-02-02. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Gil Blas". Gallica (in French). 1887-11-19. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement, meubles en bois sculpté..., bronzes de Barbedienne, tableaux, aquarelles, dessins..., appartenant à madame Marguerite Debreux, objets d'art appartenant à divers... 1906. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Journal". Gallica (in French). 1906-04-22. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Hervé (1825-1892) (1869). Le petit Faust. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "La Presse". Gallica (in French). 1871-09-08. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Lecocq (1832-1918), Charles (1871). Le testament de Monsieur de Crac. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 29 October 1871. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Le Figaro". Gallica (in French). 1872-03-07. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "La timbale d'argent - Spectacle - 1872". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Léon Vasseur". Opérette - Théâtre Musical (in French). 2016-12-14. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 28 September 1873. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1873-11-23. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1875-11-07. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1876-04-02. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "La Comédie". Gallica (in French). 1878. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ Planquette (1848-1903), Robert (1880). La cantinière. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Gil Blas". Gallica (in French). 1882-03-09. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Fantasia-programme". Gallica (in French). 1882. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links
- Pictures
- Portraits de Marguerite Debreux available at Gallica