Talma
JOSEPH FRANÇOIS (tälmä'), a French actor; born in Paris, France, Jan. 15, 1763. He was educated at Mazarin College, and afterward went to London with his father, a dentist; studied in the hospitals there, and on returning to Paris was apprenticed to a dentist. He had been on the stage, however, both in London and Paris, and made his professional début Nov. 21, 1787, at the Comédie Française. He founded, with a few others, the theater ever, both in London and Paris, and made his professional début Nov. 21, République. He won his fame as a tra- 1787, at the Comédie Française. He founded, with a few others, the theater afterward known as the Théatre de la P wrote "Memoirs of Lekain, and Reflec- tions on that Actor and the Theatric Art" (1825), which was republished in 1856 under a slightly different title. His own "Memoirs" were edited by Alex- Art" (1825), which was republished in own "Memoirs" were edited by Alex- 1856 under a slightly different title. His andre Dumas (1856). He died in Paris Oct. 19, 1826.