Emmanuel Lepeintre


Emmanuel Lepeintre, real name Emmanuel Augustin Lepeintre called Lepeintre jeune or Lepeintre Cadet, was a French stage actor, chansonnier and playwright.

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He began his acting career aged ten at the Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes in the role of Cassandra in Hasard corrigé par l'amour, a vaudeville by Philidor Rochelle.
A comic actor at the Théâtre des Variétés and at the Théâtre du Vaudeville from 1818 to 1843, he played the role of Dugazon in Le duel et le déjeuner ou Les comédiens joués by Mélesville and also that of Hamelin in La famille improvisée by Nicolas Brazier. He was famous for his obesity and his bons mots.

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