Background
Pierre-Chéri Lafont was born at Bordeaux on the 15th of May 1797.
Pierre-Chéri Lafont was born at Bordeaux on the 15th of May 1797.
Pierre-Chéri Lafont made his dibut in 1821 in La Somnambule, and his good looks and excellent voice soon brought him intopublic favour. On his return to Paris he joined the Varietes, where he acted for fifteen years in such plays as Le Chevalier de Saint Georges, Le Lion empaille, Une derni'ere conquete, &c. Another engagement at the Vaudeville followed, and one at the Gaiete, and he ended his brilliant career at the Gymnase in the part of the noble father in such plays as Les Vieux Garqons and Nos bons villageois.
After several years at the Nouveautes and the Vaudeville, on the burning of the latter in 1838 Pierre-Chéri Lafont went to England, and married, at Gretna Green, Jenny Colon, from whom he was soon divorced.
