Jeanne-Catherine Gaussem, stage name Marie-Madeleine Gaussin or Mademoiselle Gaussin (25 December 1711 – 2 June 1767), was a French stage actress.
[1] She was born to a servant of the actor Baron and a dresser of the theatre.
She debuted on the Comédie-Française on 28 April 1731 as Junie in Britannicus.
Among her noted roles were Agnès in L'École des femmes, Andromaque, Iphigénie and Bérénice.
Voltaire was her admirer, and made her a role model for the part of Zaïre.