Ève Lavallière (born Eugénie Marie Pascaline Fenoglio, 1 April 1866 – 10 July 1929) was a French stage actress and later a noteworthy Catholic penitent and member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

Biography

Ève Lavallière was born at 8 rue Champ-de-Mars in

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. She was the daughter of Louis-Emile Fenoglio, a tailor of Neapolitan origin, and Albania-Marie Rana, who was born in

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. At birth, her parents already had a son. Her birth was not desired, and she was placed, up to school age, with a local family of peasants. At school age, however, she was enrolled by her parents in a private school of excellent reputation. After the death of her parents in tragic circumstances and running away from home she arrived in Paris as a teenager. She became an actress renowned in the

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, including the

Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ...

in Paris. From 1917, she moved to the castle of Choisille, at

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. She became a Franciscan

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, a member of the Secular Franciscans or Third Order of St Francis. She is buried in Thuillières where she died in 1929.

Theater

Her most famous roles were in the following: Sem Lavalliere 1902

* 1892 : '' La Vie parisienne'' by

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ' ...

, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy,

, * 1896 : ''Le Carillon'' by Ernest Blum and

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, Théâtre des Variétés * 1897 : ''Paris qui Marche'', a review by Hector Monréal and Henri Blondeau, Théâtre des Variétés * 1898 : ''Les Petites Barnett'' by

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and

Louis Varney Louis Varney (; 30 May 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana – 20 August 1908, Cauterets, France) was a French composer. Biography Louis Varney was the son of Alphonse Varney, a French conductor at the Bouffes-Parisiens and at the Grand Théâtre ...

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1899 : ''

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'' by

, booklet by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés * 1900 : ''Mademoiselle George'' by Victor de Cottens and

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, music by Louis Vernet, Théâtre des Variétés * 1901 : ''La Veine'' by

Alfred Capus Alfred Capus (25 November 18581 November 1922) was a French journalist and playwright, who was born in Aix-en-Provence and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Biography Son of a lawyer from Marseille, Alfred Capus went to university in Toulon. After fail ...

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1902 : ''Les Deux Écoles'' by

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1903 : ''Le Sire de Vergy'' by

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, Théâtre des Variétés * 1903 : ''Paris aux Variétés'', revue by

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1904 : ''La Boule'' by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés * 1904 : ''Monsieur de la Palisse'' by

Robert de Flers Robert Pellevé de La Motte-Ango, marquis de Flers (25 November 1872, Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados – 30 July 1927, Vittel) was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist.Pierre Barillet, ''Les Seigneurs du rire: Flers – Caillavet � ...

and

, music by

Claude Terrasse Claude Terrasse (27 January 1867 – 30 June 1923) was a French composer of operettas. Terrasse was born in L'Arbresle, Rhône. He became known by writing the music for the play '' Ubu Roi'' by Alfred Jarry in 1896. In Paris, his brother-in-law, ...

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1904 : ''

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'' as ''La Chauve-Souris'' (Prince Orlofsky), words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, music by Johann Strauss * 1904 : '' Barbe-bleue'' by

, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés * 1905 : '' L'Âge d'Or'' by

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and Maurice Desvallières, Théâtre des Variétés * 1905 : '' Miss Helyett'', an opérette in 3 acts, text by Maxime Boucheron, music by

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, Théâtre des Variétés * 1905 : ''La Petite Bohême'', an opera in 3 acts, text by

after

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, music by Henri Hirchmann, Théâtre des Variétés * 1906 : ''Miquette et sa mère'' by

and

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1907 : ''Le Faux-pas'' by , Théâtre des Variétés * 1908 : ''Le Roi'' by

Emmanuel Arène Emmanuel Arène (1 January 1856 – 14 August 1908) was a French journalist, playwright and republican politician who was deputy for Corsica for many years and senator of Corsica in his last years. He was involved in scandals over maritime mail con ...

* 1908 : ''L'Oiseau blessé'' by

Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on t ...

* 1909 : ''Un ange'' by

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1910 : ''Le Bois sacré'' by

and

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1911 : ''Les Favorites'' by

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1912 : ''Les Petits'' by Lucien Népoty, Théâtre Antoine * 1913 : '' La Dame de chez Maxim'' by

, Théâtre des Variétés * 1913 : ''Le Tango'', a work of

Jean Richepin Jean Richepin (; 4 February 1849 – 12 December 1926) was a French poet, novelist and dramatist. Biography Son of an army doctor, Jean Richepin was born 4 February 1849 at Médéa, French Algeria. At school and at the École Normale Supé ...

Théâtre de l'Athénée The Théâtre de l'Athénée is a theatre at 7 rue Boudreau, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Renovated in 1996 and classified a historical monument, the Athénée inherits an artistic tradition marked by the figure of Louis Jouvet who direc ...

* 1914 : ''Ma tante d'Honfleur'' by

, Théâtre des Variétés

References

* (Spanish) Omer Englebert, "''Vida y conversion de Eva Lavallière''", Mundo Moderno, Biografías y Memorias, Buenos Aires, 1953 * (Spanish) José María Hernández Gamell, "''Una mujer extraordinaria. Vida y conversion de la famosa artista de Paris, Eva Lavallière''". Ed. Caballeros Comendadores de Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús y de la Santa Faz, Madrid, 1944; reissue, Afrodisio Aguado, Madrid, 1945 * (French) Jean-Paul Claudel, ''Ève Lavallière : Orpheline de la terre'' ("Ève Lavallière: orphan of the Earth"), Gérard Louis Editor, 2007 * (English) L.L. McReavy ''A Modern Magdalen, Eva Lavalliere (1866-1929)'' (1934) * (English) Charlotte Kelly, ''A Saint of the Stage - Eve Lavalliere'' Australian Catholic Truth Society No. 775 (1947) http://www.pamphlets.org.au/cts-pamphlets/9-austraila/738-a-saint-of-the-stage-eve-lavalliere.html

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