Marie Baptiste née Dumont or Du Mont (born in Bordeaux, France - died
after 1786) was a French stage actress and singer. She is most known
for her career in Sweden, where she was a leading member of the French
Theatre in the mid 18th-century.Marie Baptiste was born as Marie
Dumont or Marie Du Mont in Bordeaux in France. She was active as an
actress with the stage name Mademoiselle le Prévost or Mademoiselle
le Prevot. In February 1754 in The Hague, she married her colleague,
the actor Jacques Anselme Baptiste (1732-?) and became known as Madame
Baptiste. She became the mother of two daughters and two sons, notably
her daughter Maria Louise Baptiste.In 1756, Marie Baptiste and her
spouse where engaged by theater director Louis Du Londel to the French
theater in Sweden. Louis Du Londel recruited eight new members to the
Theater in his journey to The Hague, of which Marie Baptiste where
counted as the most significant.The French Du Londel theater in Sweden
performed for the Royal Swedish court in the palace theaters of
Confidencen and Drottningholm Palace Theater during the summers, and
for the public in the Bollhuset theater in Stockholm during the
winters. It was a significant theater with about twenty members,
patronized by the royal court and the aristocracy. Her spouse was
engaged as the French language teacher of the heir to the throne,
Crown Prince Gustav.
after 1786) was a French stage actress and singer. She is most known
for her career in Sweden, where she was a leading member of the French
Theatre in the mid 18th-century.Marie Baptiste was born as Marie
Dumont or Marie Du Mont in Bordeaux in France. She was active as an
actress with the stage name Mademoiselle le Prévost or Mademoiselle
le Prevot. In February 1754 in The Hague, she married her colleague,
the actor Jacques Anselme Baptiste (1732-?) and became known as Madame
Baptiste. She became the mother of two daughters and two sons, notably
her daughter Maria Louise Baptiste.In 1756, Marie Baptiste and her
spouse where engaged by theater director Louis Du Londel to the French
theater in Sweden. Louis Du Londel recruited eight new members to the
Theater in his journey to The Hague, of which Marie Baptiste where
counted as the most significant.The French Du Londel theater in Sweden
performed for the Royal Swedish court in the palace theaters of
Confidencen and Drottningholm Palace Theater during the summers, and
for the public in the Bollhuset theater in Stockholm during the
winters. It was a significant theater with about twenty members,
patronized by the royal court and the aristocracy. Her spouse was
engaged as the French language teacher of the heir to the throne,
Crown Prince Gustav.
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