Lia Félix
(1830-1908)

The French actress Lia Félix was a sister of the great tragedienne, Rachel.

Although successful in her own right, she often played second leads to her more famous sister. Her greatest success was as the eponymous heroine of Jules Barbier’s Jeanne d’Arc. Her last theatrical appearance was in Victorien Sardou's La haine in 1874.

She died in Paris on January 15 1908.