Julie Talma, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Julie Talma

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1756

Date of Death: 05-May-1805

Profession: dancer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Julie Talma, born Louise-Julie Careau (8 January 1756 – 5 May 1805), was a French dancer at the Paris Opera who became a courtesan in the years before the French Revolution.
She had three sons by three different fathers.
She used the gifts from her protectors to make a small fortune in real estate speculation.
She married the well-known tragic actor François-Joseph Talma a few days before giving birth to twin sons.
Her husband was unfaithful and ruined her.
They separated and eventually divorced.
Julie Talma was charming, intelligent, strong-willed, rational and a firm republican.
She held an influential salon before and during the revolution and at the start of Napoleon's rise to power, and became a close friend of Benjamin Constant.
Their lengthy correspondence has been preserved.