Léontine Beaugrand
(1842-1925)

Born in Paris on 26 April 1842, Léontine Beaugrand was a dancer with the Paris Opéra. Although technically not very strong, she had a soft and gentle manner and eventually became one of the company’s principal dancers during the 1860s and 1870s.

During the siege of Paris, she organized groups to collect food and worked in the soldier's hospital in the basement of Comédie Française. After the siege, she took the title role in a revival of Coppelia with  Eugénie Fiocre repeating her success as Franz. In 1877 she premiered Mérante’s Le fandango.

She retired in 1886 and died in Paris on 27 May 1925.