Françoise-Nicole Hus, maiden name Gravillon, was an 18th-century French actress and playwright born 2 October 1710 in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

.Lyon, municipal archives, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Saturnin parish. She probably was the sister of Françoise Gravillon, wife of Jean-Baptiste Anselme, called ''Baptiste''. In 1730, she married the troupe leader François Hus, the eldest of a

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of comedians and dancers. She was the mother of at least five children, including

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, and Adélaïde-Louise-Pauline who would perform at the

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under the name Mlle Hus. In 1751, the family company dispersed and Françoise Hus traveled to Paris to accompany the debut of her daughter at the Comédie-Française. In September 1756, she had her only play, '' Plutus, rival de l'Amour'', presented which was given four times at the

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in Paris. In 1762, Mme. Hus appeared at the Comédie-Française, but she left after the second performance because of the audience reaction. She probably died around 1780.

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