A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Champmesle, Marie Desmares de
CHAMPMESLE, MARIE DESMARES DE,
A French actress, born at Rouen. From the obscurity of a strolling company, she rose to be a popular actress at Paris, and gained the friendship of Racine. She married an actor, and died greatly regretted in 1698, aged fifty-four.