Ève Lavallière

Ève Lavallière (born Eugénie Marie Pascaline Fenoglio, 1 April 1866 – 10 July 1929) was a French stage actress and later a noteworthy Catholic penitent and member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

Biography
Ève Lavallière was born at 8 rue Champ-de-Mars in Toulon. She was the daughter of Louis-Emile Fenoglio, a tailor of Neapolitan origin, and Albania-Marie Rana, who was born in Perpignan. At birth, her parents already had a son. Her birth was not desired, and she was placed, up to school age, with a local family of peasants. At school age, however, she was enrolled by her parents in a private school of excellent reputation. After the death of her parents in tragic circumstances and running away from home she arrived in Paris as a teenager. She became an actress renowned in the Belle Époque, including the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris. From 1917, she moved to the castle of Choisille, at Chanceaux-sur-Choisille, Indre-et-Loire (later occupied by the Pinder circus). She had a radical religious conversion and became a devout Catholic. She wished to join a religious order and for a time was a medical missionary in Tunisia. She became a Franciscan tertiary, a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Order of St Francis. She is buried in Thuillières where she died in 1929.

Theater
Her most famous roles were in the following:
 * 1892 : La Vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés,
 * 1896 : Le Carillon by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1897 : Paris qui Marche, a review by Hector Monréal and Henri Blondeau, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1898 : Les Petites Barnett by Paul Gavault and Louis Varney, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1899 : La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach, booklet by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1900 : Mademoiselle George by Victor de Cottens and Pierre Veber, music by Louis Vernet, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1901 : La Veine by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1902 : Les Deux Écoles by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1903 : Le Sire de Vergy by Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1903 : Paris aux Variétés, revue by Paul Gavault, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1904 : La Boule by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1904 : Monsieur de la Palisse by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, music by Claude Terrasse, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1904 : Die Fledermaus as La Chauve-Souris (Prince Orlofsky), words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, music by Johann Strauss
 * 1904 : Barbe-bleue by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1905 : L'Âge d'Or by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1905 : Miss Helyett, an opérette in 3 acts, text by Maxime Boucheron, music by Edmond Audran, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1905 : La Petite Bohême, an opera in 3 acts, text by Paul Ferrier after Henry Murger, music by Henri Hirchmann, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1906 : Miquette et sa mère by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1907 : Le Faux-pas by André Picard, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1908 : Le Roi by Robert de Flers, Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Emmanuel Arène, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1908 : L'Oiseau blessé by Alfred Capus, Théâtre de la Renaissance
 * 1909 : Un ange by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1910 : Le Bois sacré by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1911 : Les Favorites by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1912 : Les Petits by Lucien Népoty, Théâtre Antoine
 * 1913 : La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau, Théâtre des Variétés
 * 1913 : Le Tango, a work of Jean Richepin, Théâtre de l'Athénée
 * 1914 : Ma tante d'Honfleur by Paul Gavault, Théâtre des Variétés