Florelle
Odette Elisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau
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Emerging from a prosperous family in Les Sables-d’Olonne, she moved to Paris as a child and began performing on stage at thirteen, singing at venues such as the Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique and the Moulin Rouge. A 1914 tour with the troupe “L’Européen” prompted her to adopt the stage name Florette, later shortened to Florelle, after a fellow singer, and the outbreak of World War I interrupted the e…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
