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Fleury

French actor

PersonDied aged 71humanQ3073644

Also known as Abraham-Joseph Benard

Born: October 26, 1750
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: March 3, 1822
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1.Stated in Departmental archives of Loiretconsultation.archives-loiret.fr/ark:20522/s005a8d8617b5206/5a8d8617c0b38.fiche=arko_fiche_61f114b6608e5.moteur=arko_default_61e6b3f775f99
2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Chartres
Place of death: Rue du Colombier
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1.Stated in Departmental archives of Loiretconsultation.archives-loiret.fr/ark:20522/s005a8d8617b5206/5a8d8617c0b38.fiche=arko_fiche_61f114b6608e5.moteur=arko_default_61e6b3f775f99
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Citizenship: France
Occupation: stage actor
Positions held: Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française(since 1774)
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1.comedie-francaise.fr/fr/artiste/fleury-abraham#
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Languages spoken, written or signed: French

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Abraham Joseph Bénard, known as Fleury, was a French actor and comedian, known for acting at the Comédie-Française. He was born at Chartres, and began his stage apprenticeship at Nancy, where his father was at the head of a company of actors attached to the court of Stanisław Leszczyński. After four years in the provinces, he came to Paris in 1778, and almost immediately was made sociétaire at the Comédie Française, although the public was slow to recognize him as the greatest comedian of the day.

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Given name: Abraham
Joseph
Birth name: Joseph-Abraham Bénard
Pseudonym: Fleury
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1.comedie-francaise.fr/fr/artiste/fleury-abraham#
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Fleury dit Bénard
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1.comedie-francaise.fr/fr/artiste/fleury-abraham#
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Family name: Bénard
Place of burial: Grand cimetière d'Orléans
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1.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article3011
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Student: Magdeleine-Marie Desgarcins
François-Joseph Talma
Native language: French
Name in native language: Fleury
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
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Depicted by: Portrait of Fleury

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