Liane de Pougy was a French dancer, born in 1869 in La Flèche, who died in 1950.
Biography
Liane de Pougy (born Anne-Marie Chassaigne, 2 July 1869 – 26 December 1950) was a French dancer, courtesan and novelist. She was a Folies Bergère vedette, and was known as one of the most beautiful and notorious courtesans in Paris. Later in life, she became a Dominican tertiary.
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Contemporaries
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