La Sorelli
Céline Émilie Seurre known as Cécile Sorel
Comtesse de Ségur, by marriage
She was a French comedic actress, was quite popular and known for her extravagant costumes. She started doing theater at a young age and began her career in 1899 at the Théâtre de l'Odéon and became a member of Comédie-Française in 1901, where she specialized in playing a character called the "grande coquette".
• Hear her sing •
☛ « L'ai-je bien descendu ? » or “How Well Did I Descend?" ☚
A catch phrase she use to say to the audience after coming down a flight of stairs in long billowing feathered outfits, making her grand entrance on stage.
Hear her as Célimène in Molière ☛Le Misanthrope ☚
Comtesse de Ségur, by marriage
She was a French comedic actress, was quite popular and known for her extravagant costumes. She started doing theater at a young age and began her career in 1899 at the Théâtre de l'Odéon and became a member of Comédie-Française in 1901, where she specialized in playing a character called the "grande coquette".
• Hear her sing •
☛ « L'ai-je bien descendu ? » or “How Well Did I Descend?" ☚
A catch phrase she use to say to the audience after coming down a flight of stairs in long billowing feathered outfits, making her grand entrance on stage.
Hear her as Célimène in Molière ☛Le Misanthrope ☚