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Also Known As Élisa Félix
Born February 28, 1820 or February 28, 1821 • Switzerland
Died January 3, 1858 • France

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Rachel, Mademoiselle
Mlle Rachel as Phèdre, photograph by Mayer and Pierson
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Dancourt, detail of an oil painting by Gabriel Gence, 1706; in the collection of the Comédie-Française, Paris
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Fleury, detail from an engraving by Étienne-Frédéric Lignon
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Sarah Bernhardt, photograph by Napoleon Sarony, 1880.
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