Zélie Hadamard


Zélie Hadamard was a French actress.

Biography

Zélie Hadamard was born into a Jewish family in Oran, Algeria, in 1849. Her father,, was a noted Arabist who died when she was six weeks old. Her first cousin was mathematician Jacques Hadamard, and her uncle was painter.
She went to Paris and passed at the Conservatoire, where she studied under tragedian Pierre-François Beauvallet. She made her stage début at the Odéon. After playing in Brussels and Rouen she returned to Paris, where she appeared at several theatres. At the Odéon, and later the Comédie-Française, she filled and created many important parts, especially in classic tragedy.
She died in October 1902 due to complications from surgery, at the age of 53.

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