Adrienne Lecouvreur (5 April 1692 â€" 20 March 1730), born Adrienne
Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of
her time. Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the
stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in
1717, she was immensely popular with the public. Together with Michel
Baron, she was credited for having developed a more natural, less
stylized, type of acting.Despite the fame she gained as an actress and
her innovations in her acting style, she was widely remembered for her
romance with Maurice de Saxe and for her mysterious death. Although
there are different theories that suggest she was poisoned by her
rival, the Duchess of Bouillon, scholars have not been able to confirm
it.Her story was used as an inspiration for playwrights, composers and
poets. The refusal of the Catholic Church to give her a Christian
burial moved her friend Voltaire to write a poem on the subject. Adrienne Lecouvreur Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter