Victoire-Melone Geayant, stage name Mademoiselle Guéant (fl. 1749–1758), was a French stage actress.
[Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879]
She was engaged at the
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
in 1749. She became a
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française The sociétaires of the Comédie-Française are chosen from among the ''pensionnaires'' who have been in the company a year or more.
They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 e ...
in 1754. She retired in 1758.
She played romantic heroines and enjoyed a short but successful career before her premature death from smallpox.
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Mademoiselle Guéant Comédie-Française
18th-century births
1758 deaths
18th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
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