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Rhea (MADEMOISELLE MLLE)

MADEMOISELLE (MLLE.

HORTENSE BARBE-LORET), a Belgian actress; born in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 4, 1844. Educated at the Ursuline Con- 1 RHEAD vent, Paris, France; she began to study for the stage soon after leaving school; made her début at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, in "Fairy Fingers"; was engaged at Rouen and at the Vaudeville, Paris; made a tour of France; was leading actress at the Imperial Theater, St. Petersburg, 1876-1881; played, in English, Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing," at the Gaiety Theater, London, in 1881; acted in the United States in 1881 and 1882. Her repertory contained "Adrienne Lecouvreur"; "Camille"; "Pygmalion and Galatea"; "School for Scandal"; "Frou- Frou"; "The New Magdalen"; "Lady of Lyons"; "Nell Gwynn"; etc. She died in Montmorency, France, May 5, 1899.