Alphonsine (pseudonym for Jeanne Benoit) (1829 – 10 July 1883) was a French actress. She made her theatrical debut at the Gymnase-Enfantin, an entertainment venue formerly located near the Passage de l'Opéra (Galerie du Baromètre, leading to the Salle Le Peletier) in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

She was described as "one of the most original artistes of our time".

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She appeared at the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, Théâtre des Variétés and the Théâtre du Palais-Royal.

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A widow of the painter Victor Margaine, she was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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Theatres

Voilà l'plaisir Mesdames !, Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques

Les Amours de Cléopâtre, Théâtre des Variétés

L'Infortunée Caroline, Théâtre des Variétés

Les Bibelots du Diable, Théâtre des Variétés

L'homme n'est pas parfait by Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre des Variétés

Monsieur Alphonse by Alexandre Dumas fils, Théâtre du Gymnase

Giroflé-Girofla by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre de la Renaissance

La petite mariée, Théâtre de la Renaissance

La Reine indigo, Théâtre de la Renaissance

Les 500 diables by Dumanoir and Adolphe d'Ennery, Théâtre de la Gaité, féerie in 3 acts, 1854, role of Princesse Castorina

References

19th-century French actresses

French stage actresses

Actresses from Paris

1829 births

1883 deaths

Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery