BÉjart
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...French family of actors associated with Moliere , who joined their amateur company...Madeleines sister or daughter, married Moliere in 1662 and, trained by him, played most of his heroines. The death of Moliere (1673) caused a momentary collapse...