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Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 - 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy.
She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Lugné-Poe, the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre. She achieved marked success in several of his plays there.
In succeeding years she
rich neighbour Juan, who is in love with a naïve young friend of theirs, Clarisse. Their plot fails; the Comtesse kills herself at a ball, and her lover re-covers her face with its mask.
Cast.
- Suzanne Desprès, as Madame Della Gentia
- Paul Capellani, as Paul Dorsenne
- Jaque Catelain, as Juan Tristan
- Marcelle Pradot, as Clarisse
- Eugénie Nau, as Madame Aristoy
- Claude France
- Marcelle Chantal
- Philippe Hériat
Reception.