Jump to content

François Hus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Simeon (talk | contribs) at 15:20, 25 February 2024 (Importing Wikidata short description: "French comedian"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

François Hus was an 18th-century French comedian and head of troupe born 7 September 1695 in Marseille and died before 1774.

Family

[edit]

The son of maître à danser [fr] Jérôme Hus and Marguerite Pageot, called Desforges, he was the eldest member of the Hus family and with his brother Barthélemy, would lead a traveling troupe known as the "Hus brothers's troupe."

In 1730, he married Françoise-Nicole Gravillon, actress and playwright from Lyon. From this union were born in particular the dancer Jean-Baptiste and Adélaïde-Louise-Pauline, future Mlle Hus of the Comédie-Française.