Marie-Geneviève Dupré

Marie-Geneviève Dupré, stage name Mademoiselle Grandval (1711–1783), was a French stage actress.[1]

She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1734. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1734. She retired in 1760.

She played grandes coquettes (great coquettes) and secondes amoureuses (secondary love heroines) as well as supporting roles in tragedies.

References

  1. Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879
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