Background
Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange was born in Genoa on September 17, 1772, the daughter of a musician and an actress at the Comedie Italienne.
Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange was born in Genoa on September 17, 1772, the daughter of a musician and an actress at the Comedie Italienne.
She made her first appearance on the stage at Tours in 1787 and a successful debut at the Comedie Frangaise in 1788 in L'Ecossaise and L'Oracle. She followed Talma and the others in 1791 to the Rue Richelieu, but returned after a few months to the Comedie Frangaise. Here her talent and beauty gave her an enormous success in Frangois dc Neuchateau's Pamela, the performance of which brought upon the theatre the vials of wrath of the Committee of Safety. With the author and the other members of the caste, she was arrested and imprisoned. After the 9th Thermidor she rejoined her comrades at the Feydeau, but retired on the 16th of December 1797, reappearing only for a few performances in 1807.
