Laurence Grivot (born Marie Laurent, 29 April 1843,Birth act n° 270 of « Joséphine Marie Marthe Laurent » (choose view 70 in the lower right box, finally focus on the upper left of the screen)
register of births of year 1843 for the city of Versailles on ''archives.yvelines.fr'', published by « Les archives départementales des Yvelines », checked on 13 April 2016.

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

– died 4 June 1890,Death act n° 21 (page 49 among 363)
written on 5 June 1890, on the death register of year 1890 for the city of Thomery. In order to be able to see that register, the (rather complicated) way is the following one: first you need to mention « 1890 » (in the two boxes) then to launch the « recherche » (search) and after to click on text « 6E 489/13 1888-1903 » then to click on « Mettre la notice au panier » (put you search notice in your basket) then on « valider » (validate) then to click on the « photo camera » icon and you finally can see the first page of the longed register, then you choose the page (49) in the box on the upper right of the screen (finally focus on the lower right side of the screen) ; the site is ''archinoe.fr'', published by « Les archives départementales de Seine-et-Marne », checked on 13 April 2016. Unhappily, there is not a quicker way to reach that page : with a shortcut (''e.g.'' the URL of the final page), this would not work any longer on a next connection.

Thomery Thomery () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, between the forest of Fontainebleau and the river Seine. Thomery station has rail connections to Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Melun and Pa ...

) was a French operetta singer and actress. She was the wife of Pierre Grivot.

Life and career

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as Nicette in ''La Chercheuse d'esprit'' by Charles-Simon Favart, where she met Pierre Grivot whom she married in 1866. Grivot played in many pieces alongside her husband such as ''Jobin et Nanette'', ''Horace et Litine'', ''La Famille Benoîton'' by

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) until her husband left in 1868 to join the Théâtre de la Gaîté. She continued with successes in ''Les Brebis galeuses'' and ''Les Faux Bonshommes'' by

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, ''

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'' by Alexandre Dumas fils, ''Le Sacrifice'' by

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, and '' Le Mariage de Figaro'' by

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. At the advent of the Paris Commune in 1871, she joined her husband to run the Gaîté theatre, with performances of ''La Grâce de Dieu''. The couple toured the French provinces and as far as Cairo (the 1872-73 season). Back in France she became a regular creator of roles (often travesty) for

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with '' La permission de dix heures'' and '' La jolie parfumeuse'' at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1873 then ''

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'' and ''

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'' at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1874 then, after a serious illness, returning to the stage for a revival of '' La Vie parisienne'' at the Variétés in 1877. Moving to straight theatre, Grivot joined the Théâtre de l'Odéon company in 1880 and immediately had great success in ''Les Parents d'Alice'', following this with others plays, before moving to the Théâtre du Gymnase in 1883.Noel E and Stoullig E. '' Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 6eme édition, 1880.'' G Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1881. Taken ill during a performance of ''Paris fin de siècle'' by Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché at the Gymnase in 1890 she was forced to retire and died, aged 47, later that year.

References

This article includes material adapted from the equivalent on French Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Grivot, Laurence 1843 births 1890 deaths French operatic sopranos Date of birth unknown Musicians from Versailles 19th-century French women opera singers 19th-century French actresses French stage actresses