Françoise Billiard, known as Madame/Mme Grassot or Fanny Grassot, was a French theatre actress, born in 1810 (some sources say 1811) and died at the Rossini retirement home, rue Mirabeau in Paris, on 23 June 1892 (some sources say 1893).
She performed in traveling troupes then at the Théâtre du Gymnase from 1833. Also cited at the Palais-Royal. In 1868, aged 57, with thirty years in the theatre, she received a pension of 200 francs by the Society of Artists (Société des Artistes).
She married actor Paul Grassot in Paris on 29 May 1852 (some sources say earlier).
Theatre credits include Clara Soleil by Edmond Gondinet and Pierre Sivrac (1885) and La Cachucha by Desvergers, both at Théâtre du Vaudeville, and many more.
Theatre credits Selected credits listed below. 1892The Pont-Biquet Family by Alexandre Bisson1885Clara Soleil by Edmond Gondinet1882A Wedding Paris by Edmond About1853A Woman in my Fountain by Théodore Barrière1848Agénor the Dangerous by Eugène Labiche"An English Channel by Eugène Labiche1846Mademoiselle My Wife by Auguste Lefranc1845The Almanac of 25,000 Addresses by Ferdinand de Villeneuve1842The Fantastic Omelette by Louis Boyer1840Trianon by Jean-François Bayard"Bob by Paul Duport"Day to Fans by Emmanuel Théaulon1839Gabrielle by Jacques-François Ancelot1838The Grand Daddy Guerin by Laurencin"La Cachucha by de Desvergers"Paul Duport's Sister-in-Law1835Be Loved or Die! by Eugène Scribe1834Pécherel the Empailleur by Félix-Auguste Duvert"Salvoisy by Eugène Scribe1833It is Still the Happiness by Lockroy"A Mother by Jean-François Bayard1821The Little Sister by Eugène Scribe
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Virtual International Authority File (Virtual International Authority File) ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI - International Standard Name Identifier) IdRef - Grassot, Fanny (actress; 1811-1893) Mrs Grassot / Françoise Billard on Les Archives du Spectacle - A search engine for the performing arts