Background
Suzanne Desprès was born at Verdun, Meuse on the 16th of December 1875.
Suzanne Desprès was born at Verdun, Meuse on the 16th of December 1875.
Desprès was trained at the Paris Conservatoire.
Desprès became associated with Aurelien Lugné-Poë, the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama, L’Œuvre, and she had a brilliant success in several plays produced by him.
In succeeding years she played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her début at the Comédie Française, appearing in Phèdre and other important parts.
Suzanne was married with Aurelien Lugné-Poë.