Floridor
Sign in to saveJosias de Soûlas, known as "Floridor", Sieur de Prinefosse (c.1608-14 August 1671) was a French actor.
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- 1937
- Works
- 16
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- Poesía chilena para el siglo XXI
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Coulommiers
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
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- date of death
- 1671-08-14
- date of birth
- 1608-00-00
- name in native language
- Floridor
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Josias de Soûlas, known as "Floridor", Sieur de Prinefosse (c.1608-14 August 1671) was a French actor.
==Biography== He was born in Brie early in the 17th century, the son of a gentleman of German family who had moved to France, married there, and become a Roman Catholic. The son entered the French army, but after being promoted ensign, quit the army for the theatre, where he took the name of "Floridor." His first Paris appearance was in 1640. Three years later he was called to the company at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, where he played all the leading parts in tragedy and comedy and became the head of his profession. He was a man of superb physique and excellent carriage, with a flexible and sonorous voice, and manners of rare distinction and elegance, He was much liked at court, and Louis XIV held him in particular esteem.
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