Elisabeth Félix, better known only as Mademoiselle Rachel (21
February 1821 â€" 3 January 1858), was a French actress.She became a
prominent figure in French society, and was the mistress of, among
others, Napoleon III, Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte and
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, the illegitimate son of Napoleon I.
Efforts by newspapers to publish pictures of her on her deathbed led
to the introduction of privacy rights into French law.Rachel Félix
was born as Elisabeth Félix on 28 February 1821, in Mumpf,
Rheinfelden, Aargau, to a family of Jewish background. Her father,
Jacob Félix, was a peddler and her mother, Esther Hayer, was a
Bohemian dealer in second-hand clothes. She had four sisters (Sarah,
Rebecca, Dinah, and Leah) and one brother, Raphael.[citation needed]As
a child, Félix earned money singing and reciting in the streets. She
arrived in Paris in 1830 intending to become an actress. She took
elocution and singing lessons, eventually studying under the
instruction of the musician Alexandre-Étienne Choron and
Saint-Aulaire. She took dramatic arts classes and debuted in La
Vendéenne in January 1837, at the Théâtre du Gymnase.
Delestre-Poirson, the director, gave her the stage name Rachel, which
she chose to retain in her private life as well.[citation needed] Rachel FÃ(c)lix Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter