Mademoiselle Luzy

French stage actress
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench stage actress
PlacesFrance
wasActor Stage actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth6 June 1747
Death26 November 1830 (aged 83 years)
Star signGemini
The details

Biography

Jean Laurent Mosnier - Portrait of Mlle Luzy

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.

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