Pierrette Hélène Pinet

Pierrette Hélène Pinet
Pierrette Hélène Pinet as the goddess DIana, portrait by Jean-Auguste Massavy d' Armancourt
Born14 June 1740 Edit this on Wikidata
Died16 September 1782 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 42)
OccupationStage actor Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)François-René Molé Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenElisabeth-Félicité Molé-Reymond Edit this on Wikidata

Pierrette Hélène Pinet, stage names Mademoiselle d'Épinay and Mademoiselle Molé (1740–1782), was a French stage actress.[1]

She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1760. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1762. She retired in 1769 and married her colleague François-René Molé.

She mainly performed the role of love heroine in comedies, and confidante in tragedies. Among her roles where Julie in Fagans La Pupille, Alcmène in Molières L'Amphitryon, and tragic heroines such as Zaire, Inès de Castro and Bérénice.

References

  1. ^ Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879