Laurence Grivot

Laurence Grivot (born Marie Laurent, 29 April 1843, Versailles – died 4 June 1890, Thomery) was a French operetta singer and actress. She was the wife of Pierre Grivot.
Life and career.
She made her debut at the Théâtre des Batignolles in "Le Petit Nicol" by Alfred Séguin in 1863 and was then engaged (under the name "Mlle Laurence") at the Vaudeville as Nicette in "La Chercheuse d'esprit" by Charles-Simon Favart, where she met Pierre Grivot whom she married in 1866. Grivot played in many pieces alongside her husband such as "Jobin et Nanette", "Horace et Litine", "La Famille Benoîton" by Victorien Sardou) until her husband left in 1868 to join the Théâtre de la Gaîté.
She continued with successes in "Les Brebis galeuses" and "Les Faux Bonshommes" by Théodore Barrière, "La Dame aux camélias" by Alexandre Dumas fils, "Le Sacrifice" by Alphonse Daudet, and "Le Mariage de Figaro" by Beaumarchais. At the advent of the Paris Commune in 1871, she joined her husband to run the Gaîté theatre, with performances of "La Grâce de Dieu". The couple toured the French provinces and as far as Cairo (the 1872-73 season). 
Back in France she became a regular creator of roles (often travesty) for Jacques Offenbach with "La permission de dix heures" and "La jolie parfumeuse" at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1873 then "Bagatelle" and "Madame l'archiduc" at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1874 then, after a serious illness, returning to the stage for a revival of "La Vie parisienne" at the Variétés in 1877.
Moving to straight theatre, Grivot joined the Théâtre de l'Odéon company in 1880 and immediately had great success in "Les Parents d'Alice", following this with others plays, before moving to the Théâtre du Gymnase in 1883.
Taken ill during a performance of "Paris fin de siècle" by Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché at the Gymnase in 1890 she was forced to retire and died, aged 47, later that year.
References.
This article includes material adapted from the equivalent on French Wikipedia