Françoise Pitel

Françoise "Fanchon" Pitel de Longchamp (17 January 1662 – 30 September 1721) was a French actress, professionally known by her stage name Mademoiselle Raisin.

Her uncle Jean Patin (1635-1709), also an actor, was married to Jeanne Beauval, an actress who was famous for her contagious laughter.

Françoise Pitel was engaged in 1679 at the Royal theater company of Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre), and became a pioneer member of the Comédie-Française in 1680.

She belonged to the star attractions of the theatre and successfully performed roles as heroine ingenues in comedies and princesses in tragedies.

[2] On 27 November 1679 she married the talented French actor Jean-Baptiste Raisin (born 1656 in Troyes, died 1693).