Régina Badet
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Anne Régina Badet was a French comedic actress, dancer, and star of the Ópera-Comique de Paris.
Régina Badet by Jean Reutlinger
Régina Badet in 1910.
Cléo de Mérode
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Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She has been referred to as the "first real celebrity icon" and the "first modern celebrity". She was also the first woman whose phot
Cléo de Mérode by Nadar, 1895
Cléo de Mérode photographed as a child, c. 1880s
La Danseuse by Alexandre Falguière, 1896. The sculpture was carved from a plaster cast of de Mérode's body, which caused significant controversy at the time.
de Mérode dancing in a traditional Khmer costume at the Exposition Universelle in 1900