Marianne Dujardin

Marianne Dujardin, (ca. 1680 - floruit 1746), was a French actress, opera singer and theatre director. She was the director of the La Monnaie in Brussels from 1724 to 1726.
Marianne Dujardin was the leader of her own travelling theatre from 1718 to 1746 and performed in a number of French cities but also abroad. Dujardin are regarded as one of the earliest and most notable French female theatre directors and as a pioneer for colleagues of her gender in that role.