Madame Pasca

Madame Pasca
Pasca painted in 1874 by Léon Bonnat.
Born
Alice Marie Angèle Pasquier

November 16, 1833
Lyon, France
DiedMay 25, 1914
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationStage actress

Alice Marie Angèle Pasquier (November 16, 1833 – May 25, 1914), better known by her stage name Madame Pasca and also known as Alix-Marie Pasquier, was a French stage actress.

Life and career

Pasca was born on November 16, 1833, in Lyon to Jeanne-Marie-Antoinette-Eugénie Morin and Louis-Joseph Séon, a merchant.[1] She took singing lessons from François Delsarte, but had limited vocal range and was encouraged by Delsarte to pursue acting instead.[2]

She married M.Pasquier in 1855 and when a widow she first appeared as an actress at the Gymnase" in Paris in 1864.[3]

As an actress, Pasca received significant critical attention. The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review described her as the "queen, by right of self-culture, of the Salon."[4]

She died on May 25, 1914, in Paris.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Archinoë - Archives municipales de Lyon". www.fondsenligne.archives-lyon.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  2. ^ Shaw, Frances A.; Alger, Abby Langdon (1887). Delsarte System of Oratory, Including the Complete Works of M. L'abbé Delaumosne and Mme Angelique Arnaud (pupils of Delsarte) with the Literary Remains of François Delsarte. E.S. Werner. p. 339.
  3. ^ Frank Moore Colby; Talcott Williams (1923). The New international encyclopaedia. Dodd, Mead and company.
  4. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 239. Bradbury, Evans. 1875. p. 63.
  5. ^ Le Gaulois : littéraire et politique. Paris: [s.n.] 1914-05-29.


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