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Polaire


Mlle. Polaire and Pauline Polaire were the stage names used by French singer and actress Emilie Marie Bouchard (born May 14, 1874; died 1939). Born at Agha, Algiers, Algeria, she began her show-business career as a café singer, at age 15. At 17, she joined her older brother in Paris, France. Eventually adopting the stage name Polaire, she worked as a music-hall singer; in 1895, her fame increased significantly when Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's sketch of her appeared in the satirical magazine Le Rire; in 1900, attention grew again, when she was painted by Leonetto Cappiello. Polaire went on to act in the theatre. Her first major appearance was in 1902, at the Bouffes-Parisiens, in the title role of a play based on Colette's Claudine à Paris. A gifted comedic actress, she became one of the major celebrities of her day. At a time when tightlacing among women was in vogue, she was famous for her tiny, corsetted waist, which was sometimes reported to have a circumference no greater than 14 inches (35.6 centimeters). This accentuated her large bust, which was said to measure 38 inches (96.5 centimeters). She stood 5 feet and 3 inches (160 centimeters) tall. Talk of her figure and her lavish overdressing in fur coats and dazzling jewels preceded her appearances wherever she went. In 1911, as Pauline Polaire, she was cast her in her first silent-film role. In the next year, she was offered a role in a film by the up-and-coming young director Maurice Tourneur; she appeared in si...

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