Jeanne Samary

La Rêverie, by Renoir (1877), Puschkin-Museum, Moskau

Jeanne Samary (March 4, 1857 as Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary in Neuilly-sur-Seine – September 18, 1890 in Paris) was a French actress at the Comédie-Française and a model for Auguste Renoir.

Jeanne Samary attended 1871–1874 the Paris drama school and passed with distinction. In the same year she became a member of the Comédie-Française and debuted on 24 August 1874 as Dorine in Tartuffe by Molière. Jeanne Samary excelled in numerous roles in the comedies, but also in parts of Éduard Pailleron (L'Étincelle; La Monde ou l'on s'ennuie).

Renoir painted 1877–1880 around a dozen times, and Louise Abbéma painted twice.

In 1882 she married Paul Largarde, with whom she had three children. Shortly before her death she wrote a children's book entitled "Les gourmandises de Charlotte" for their children. She died in 1890 at typhoid fever and was buried in the Passy Cemetery.

Portrait de Jeanne Samary, par Louise Abbéma (ca. 1880)
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