Maria Anna Veronese was an Italian-French actress, active at the Comédie-Italienne

Comédie-Italienne

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 in Paris

Paris

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Veronese was the daughter of the Italian Pantalone

Pantalone

Pantalone, or Pantalone del bisognosi, Italian for 'Pantalone of the needy', is one of the most important principal characters found in commedia del arte...

-actor Carlo Veronese and the sister of the actress Giacoma Antonia Veronese (d. 1768). She debuted with her sister at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1744. The Veronese sisters are considered two of the most notable interpreters of the soubrette

Soubrette

A soubrette is a female stock character in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy".-Theater:...

-parts of the commedia dell'arte

Commedia dell'arte

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. They were known as Corallina (Coraline in French) and Camilla respectively, after their standard parts. Anna Veronese was particularly known for her quick costume changes.

She had a relationship with Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti; the couple had two children together, born in 1761 and 1767.