Pierre-François Beauvallet

Pierre-François Beauvallet (13 October 1801 – 21 December 1873) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright.

Pierre-François Beauvallet
Born13 October 1801
Died21 December 1873(1873-12-21) (aged 72)
Occupation(s)Stage actor, playwright

Biography

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Beauvallet first made his reputation as a melodrama actor, then became an ordinary tragedian of the Comédie-Française; He tried with less success to be a playwright. His son was the writer and dramatist Léon Beauvallet.

He was a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1839 to 1872.

 
Beauvallet in Les Burgraves (Hiob's role) in 1843.

Theatre

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Career at the Comédie-Française

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Entrance in 1830
Appointed 251st sociétaire in 1832
Departure in 1861

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