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- Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin (16 May 1848 – 8 February 1909) was a French actor. Also called Coquelin Cadet, to distinguish him from his brother, he was born at Boulogne, and entered the Conservatoire in 1864.
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Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin (16 May 1848 – 8 February 1909) was a French actor. Also called Coquelin Cadet, to distinguish him from his brother, he was born at Boulogne, and entered the Conservatoire in 1864. He graduated with the first prize in comedy and made his debut in 1867 at the Odéon.
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In this dazzling highlight from Sotheby’s European Art sale on 24 May, the audience of Jean Béraud’s Le Monologue is enrapt by celebrated actor Ernest-Alexandre-Honoré Coquelin (1848-1909). Known as Coquelin Cadet (the younger) to differentiate him from his older brother, Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), he is considered one of the ...
PARIS, Feb. 11. -- Suffering from a delusion that he is Napoleon I., Ernest Alexandre Honore Coquelin, better known as Coquelin Cadet, one of the most brilliant comedians of the theatrical...
PARIS, Feb. 8. -- Ernest Alexandre Honore Coquelin, the French actor known under the name of Coquelin cadet, died to-day. He was a brother of Benoit Constant Coquelin, Coquelin aine, who died...
Benoît-Constant Coquelin (born Jan. 23, 1841, Boulogne, France—died Jan. 27, 1909) was a French actor of unusual range and versatility. Coquelin studied acting at the Conservatoire in 1859 and in 1860 made his debut at the Comédie-Française. At the age of 23 he was a full member of the company.
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Provenance 1890, Durand-Ruel, Paris; December 11, 1890, sold by Durand-Ruel to Coquelin Cadet (Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin, b. 1848 - d. 1909); May 27, 1893, Coquelin Cadet sale, Georges Petit, Paris, lot 55. 1934, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; November 15, 1934, sold by Bernheim-Jeune to Wildenstein and Co., Paris; transferred from Wildenstein ...
His brother, Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin, 1848–1909, known as Coquelin cadet [the younger], acted at the Comédie française after 1868. At his best in secondary comic roles, he was also popular for his monologues and several amusing books written under the pseudonym Pirouette.
