CĂ©cile Sorel
Biography
CĂ©line Ămilie Seurre (7 September 1873 in Paris â 3 September 1966 in Trouville-sur-Mer), known as CĂ©cile Sorel or the Comtesse de SĂ©gur by marriage, was a French comic actress. She enjoyed great popularity and was known for her extravagant costumes. Sorel was attracted to the theater at an early age, studying with Louis-ArsĂšne Delaunay and Marie Favart. In 1899, she began her career at the OdĂ©on and then, in 1901, became a member of the ComĂ©die-Française, where she specialized in playing a stock character known as the "grande coquette". She was especially well known for her portrayal of CĂ©limĂšne in The Misanthrope. In 1904, she became the 339th "SociĂ©taire de la ComĂ©die-Française" and remained with the theater until 1933. Although long engaged to Whitney Warren, an American architect who was related to the Vanderbilts, she eventually married the Comte de SĂ©gur-Lamoignon, great grandson of the famous Comtesse de SĂ©gur, who acted under the name Guillaume de Sax. They ...
