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Lise Fleuron, born Marguerite Rauscher in the 1870s, may have read as a young lady what was considered at the time a scandalous novel, "Lise Fleuron" (1884) by French novelist Georges Ohnet. This was apparently a rather spicy tale of decadent life in the theater, so why wouldn't she take the name of its lead character, a fallen woman with a big heart, for her stage name? It certainly wouldn't have been the first time this was done... "You loved her in the novel, just wait 'til you see her dance and sing on our stage!"
Lise Fleuron was particularly well known for her plunging necklines! She was a very popular performer, appearing at the Café des Ambassadeurs and the Alcazar d'Ete from the mid-eighties (our thanks to dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net for this history!).
Again, the timing of this bears out our hypothesis that she based her stage persona on the 1884 novel's main character.
According to Mlle. Polaire (that Belle Epoque performer notorious for her extreme wasp-waist :), Mlle. Fleuron married Polaire's older brother, Edmond Bouchaud (known as Dufleuve) a popular songwriter and singer of the time.
We are also great fans of Meaty (sometimes Miati) Fleuron, Lise's sister, who, from the images we've seen, favored the same plunging necklines and who (and we base this only upon her facial expressions) was the kind of "brassy dame" popular American culture often seems to imagine working in a Parisian music hall.
Anyhow, we love them both :)
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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