Laurence Grivot

Laurence Grivot (born Marie Laurent, 29 April 1843,[1] Versailles – died 4 June 1890,[2] Thomery) was a French operetta singer and actress. She was the wife of Pierre Grivot.

Laurence Grivot

Life and career

She made her debut at the Théâtre des Batignolles in Le Petit Nicol by Alfred Séguin in 1863 and was then engaged (under the name "Mlle Laurence") at the Vaudeville 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 Victorien Sardou) 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 Théodore Barrière, La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Le Sacrifice by Alphonse Daudet, and Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais. 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 Jacques Offenbach with La permission de dix heures and La jolie parfumeuse at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1873 then Bagatelle and Madame l'archiduc 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.[3]

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.[4] 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Yon, Jean-Claude. Jacques Offenbach. Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2000.
  4. Noel E and Stoullig E. Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 6eme édition, 1880. G Charpentier et Cie, Paris, 1881.

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