Mademoiselle Luzy
French stage actress
Intro | French stage actress | |
Places | France | |
was | Actor Stage actor | |
Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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Birth | 6 June 1747 | |
Death | 26 November 1830 (aged 83 years) | |
Star sign | Gemini |
Dorothée Dorinville, stage name Mademoiselle Luzy (1747–1830), was a French stage actress.
She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1764. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1764. She retired in 1781.
She was most known as a soubrette, but also performed tragedy, and acted as a singer and dancer. She was described as a serious and ambitious stage artist, and was a part of the movement that wished to introduce realistic stage costumes. She was imprisoned in 1771 after having broken the censure laws in a play by Imbert.