Hyacinthe (actor)

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Hyacinthe
Born
Louis-Hyacinthe Duflost

(1814-04-15)15 April 1814
Amiens, France
Died8 May 1887(1887-05-08) (aged 73)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • operetta singer

Louis-Hyacinthe Duflost (15 April 1814 – 8 May 1887), known as Hyacinthe, was a French actor and operetta singer.

Life

Born in

Ambigu, the Vaudeville and the Variétés. In 1847 he moved to the company of the Palais-Royal, where he remained until his death and appeared very regularly in plays by Eugène Labiche
.

His reputation was partly founded on his large nose, remembered by Parisians long after his death. He lived in

Garde Nationale aged 60. He later retired to 3 rue d'Orléans in Asnières, where he died in 1887.[1]

His main rôles

Hyacinthe and his famous nose.
Drawing by Georges Lafosse in Le Trombinoscope in 1874.

Variétés

Palais-Royal - Labiche

Palais-Royale - other authors

References

  1. ^ (in French) « Tablettes théâtrales »,Le Matin, 10 mai 1887.

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