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Anne Françoise Hyppolyte Boutet Salvetat
Birth: 2-9-1779
Death: 3-20-1847
Biography
Mademoiselle Mars was the stage name of Anne Françoise Hyppolyte Boutet Salvetat, a stage actress who was active in Paris in the early 1800s. She was well-renowned for her beauty and talent.
In an 1827 letter to Benjamin Jennings Seward, David Berdan describes seeing Mademoiselle Mars perform several times in Paris and how he is enamored by her. He describes in detail how beautiful and talented she is and notes that despite being 46, "time has... no power over her"
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Mademoiselle Mars was the stage name of Anne Françoise Hyppolyte Boutet Salvetat, a stage actress who was active in Paris in the early 1800s. She was well-renowned for her beauty and talent.
In an 1827 letter to Benjamin Jennings Seward, David Berdan describes seeing Mademoiselle Mars perform several times in Paris and how he is enamored by her. He describes in detail how beautiful and talented she is and notes that despite being 46, "time has... no power over her"