Marie Vernier

In June 1624, Mathieu Lefebvre, “desirous of retiring into some private place to live there the rest of his days,” gave all his property, real and personal, to his wife in return for an annual pension of 150 livres.

By 1627 Mary Venière was remarried to a lawyer, Jean Rémond, who practiced at the Parlement of Paris, France's highest court.

[2] Vernier was the leading lady and co-director of Valleran-Lecomte's theatre company, which performed in Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris and toured the country and the Spanish Netherlands.

While professional French actresses were reportedly active in France in the second half of the 16th century, they are seldom mentioned by name and normally only very briefly.

Nine contemporary actresses beside her are briefly mentioned: Jeanne Crevé, Judith Le Messier, Elisabeth Diye, Mlle Dufresne, Isabelle Paquette Le Gendre, Francoise Petit, Marguerite Dugoy, Renée Berenger and Rachel Trepeau, but only Marie Vernier and Rachel Trepeau are documented to any large degree.