Valérie Simonin

Valérie Simonin
Born
Wilhelmine-Joséphine Simonin

(1831-12-19)19 December 1831
Paris, France
Died25 June 1919(1919-06-25) (aged 87)
Pontaillac, France
Other nameGustave Haller
Occupationsactress, writer
Spouses
ChildrenConsuelo Fould, Georges Achille-Fould

Wilhelmine-Joséphine Simonin, known as Valérie Simonin, Lady Gustave Fould and Gustave Haller (19 December 1831, Paris – 25 June 1919, Pontaillac) was a French actress and author.

Life

Wilhelmine-Joséphine Simonin was born on 19 December 1831 in Paris. In 1850, she entered the Paris Conservatory, and in 1852, she won the first prize for the comedy and immediately debuted at the Odeon theater.

From 1853 to 1859, Simonin was a board member of the French Comedy (Comédie française). In 1859, she quit theater and went to London to live with her mother and restore old books as she learned from her father. Simonin married Gustave Eugene Fould with whom she had two daughters, Consuello and Achille-Valéri.

Returning to France in 1864, she devoted herself to literature after the pseudonym Gustave Haller. Among her works should be mentioned such novels as L’enfer des Femmes, Le diagnostic, Le professeur d’amour and English novel Sternina. Having widowed in 1884, Simonin married for the second time to George Știrbei.

Valérie Simonin died on 25 June 1919 in Portaillac.

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gustave Haller (1836-1919)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Biographie nationale des contemporains / rédigée par une société de gens de lettres, sous la direction de M. Ernest Glaeser. 1878.
  3. 1 2 3 "Haller, Gustave (1831-1919)". IdRef. Retrieved 2020-09-29.