13 Facts About Jane Henriot

Jane Henriot died having suffocated and asphyxiated in an explosion and fire at the Comedie-Francaise having tried to save her little dog.

Jane Henriot's mother Marie Henriette Alphonsine Grossin was an actress and model for Renoir.

Jane Henriot used the same surname as a stage name as her mother, who was known as Henriette Jane Henriot.

Jane Henriot studied at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Paris.

Jane Henriot eventually left her to marry Madame Simone, who was no happier with her than he had been with Henriot.

Jane Henriot posed for the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the painting Fillette au chapeau bleu in 1881 when she was still a child.

Jane Henriot made her debut at the Comedie-Francaise as a leading actress as Myrtha in La Douceur de croire by Jacques Normand on 8 July 1899.

Jane Henriot was loved by both the public and critics.

Jane Henriot's dresser had a better knowledge of place and could find her own way out and through a window.

Mary Marquet told her to get out of the fire, however Jane Henriot was trying to find her little dog, which was a gift from Le Bargy, whom she had recently broken-up with.

Jane Henriot was still wandered around the building when she died of asphyxiation.

Jane Henriot's body was later found, but it was unrecognisable, her face blackened, burnt hair and body convulsed.

Carolus-Duran had known Jane Henriot and was inspired by the photographs taken by Reutlinger, which were published on postcards.