Rose Vestris

Françoise-Rose Gourgaud (7 April 1743, in Marseille – 5 October 1804, in Paris), stage name Madame Vestris, was a French actress.

She was described as highly talented, but also as ambitiously ruthless, as she was involved in a well known rivalry with the Saint-Val sisters (Blanche Alziari de Roquefort and Pauline Alziari de Roquefort).

She achieved great success, and was a privileged member of the theatre.

During the French Revolution, she joined the republican fraction in the Théâtre de la République in 1791.

After this, she was engaged at the Théâtre Feydeau until she was returned to the Comédie-Française when it was re-founded in 1799.