He proudly wore the blue livery of her house, for the girl was Madame Delphine Lalaurie, wife of the prominent surgeon, Dr. Louis Lalaurie, who bore one of the South's oldest and most cherished names.

He gaped at Madame Lalaurie and sniffed the Paris perfume which emanated from her.

He bounced exuberantly on the sagging bed and was even more delighted when Madame Lalaurie -- after closing the door -- showed the slave that the bed was designed for something other than slumber.

Feebly he pointed an accusing finger at Madame Lalaurie and shouted: `` Evil woman!!

Guests stared with horror at Madame Lalaurie and made speedy departures.

`` Madame '', I said with noblesse oblige because of the `` handsome '' -- `` yeah ''.

Steiner began using the word to refer to his philosophy in the early 1900s as an alternative to theosophy, the term for Madame Blavatsky's movement, itself from the Greek, with a longer history with a meaning of " divine wisdom ".

* Madame Armfeldt: Desiree's mother, who has had " liaisons " with royalty.

The musical premiered in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre on April 15, 1975 and starred Jean Simmons, Joss Ackland, David Kernan, Liz Robertson, and Diane Langton, with Hermione Gingold reprising her role as Madame Armfeldt.

The production temporarily closed on June 20, 2010 when the contracts of Zeta-Jones and Lansbury ended and resumed on July 13, with new stars Bernadette Peters as Desiree Armfeldt and Elaine Stritch as Madame Armfeldt.

Zarah Leander played Madame Armfeldt in the original Austrian staging ( in 1975 ) as well as in the original Swedish staging in Stockholm in 1978 ( here with Jan Malmsjö as Fredrik Egerman ), performing Send In The Clowns and Liaisons in both stagings.

That moment, halfway through the first act, belongs to Ms. Lansbury, who has hitherto been perfectly entertaining, playing Madame Armfeldt with the overripe aristocratic condescension of a Lady Bracknell.

' Her face, with its glamour-gorgon makeup, softens, as Madame Armfeldt seems to melt into memory itself, and the wan stage light briefly appears to borrow radiance from her.

Like so many others, Étienne was eventually forced to flee Paris because of his opposition to the fiscal policies of Cardinal Richelieu, leaving his three children in the care of his neighbor Madame Sainctot, a great beauty with an infamous past who kept one of the most glittering and intellectual salons in all France.

Some elements are associated with fame, such as appearing on the cover of Time, being spoofed in Mad, having a wax statue in Madame Tussauds, or receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

His education began with the reading of Robinson Crusoe ( unabridged ), Gulliver's Travels, the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and Madame d ' Aulnoy, the Arabian Nights and ( at the age of 13 ) the poems of Edgar Allan Poe.

Madame Palmyre with Her Dog, 1897.

Women who engage in female domination typically promote and title themselves under the terms " Dominatrix ", " Mistress ", " Lady ", " Madame "," Herrin " or " Goddess ", with the capitalization of these terms being a signifier to their identification in the dominant role.

** Madame LaMotte in The Romance of the Forest – naively assumes that her husband is having an affair with Adeline.

But the images of Brando posing with his Triumph motorcycle became iconic, even forming the basis of his wax dummy at Madame Tussauds.

Madame Tussauds waxwork exhibit of Brando in The Wild One albeit with a later 1957 / 8 model Triumph Thunderbird.

Later she would become a close friend with the devout Françoise d ' Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, the lady-in-waiting who would later become the second wife of Louis XIV.

Fielding eventually ran his own puppet theater under the pseudonym Madame de la Nash to avoid the censorship concomitant with the Theater Licensing Act of 1737.

During this period, Steiner maintained an original approach, replacing Madame Blavatsky's terminology with his own, and basing his spiritual research and teachings upon the Western esoteric and philosophical tradition.

During World War II, Madame Chiang tried to promote the Chinese cause and build a legacy for her husband on par with Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.

After giving me a play-by-play account of what had happened between him and Madame, he concluded that he had invited Madame to return to Washington with us.

The excitement over Brandon's bizarre death abated and Madame Lalaurie's stock soared when she resumed her self-imposed chores of visiting the poor and bringing cakes and comfort to destitute patients in the county hospital.

Other triumphs include `` Random Harvest '', `` Madame Curie '', `` Pride and Prejudice '', `` The Forsythe Saga '' and `` Mrs. Miniver '' ( which won her the Academy Award in 1943 ).

After they drift back off, the aging and severe Madame Armfeldt and her solemn granddaughter, Fredrika, enter.

The original cast starred Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt and, in her Broadway debut, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree.

Kane is known for her portrayal of the evil headmistress Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical Wicked, whom she played in various productions from 2005 to 2009.

Other portraits include paintings of his sister-in-law and her husband, Madame and Monsieur Seriziat.

The picture of the Madame shows her wearing an unadorned white dress, holding her young child's hand as they lean against a bed.

While limited by her gender, Madame Roland took it upon herself to spread Revolutionary ideology and spread word of events, as well as to assist in formulating the policies of her political allies.

She is infamous for taking on false identities, like her father, among them Madame Ingomar and Queen Mamaloi.

He then informed her, that when he thought Monsieur and Madame La Motte were asleep, he had stolen to her chamber door ... that he had called several times as loudly as he dared, but receiving no answer, he believed she was asleep ...

The fifth finger may also have been used on earlier, more lightly strung modern harps: Madame de Genlis, for example, in her Méthode, published in Paris in the early nineteenth century, promotes the use of all five fingers, while Roslyn Rensch suggests that Mlle de Guînes, the harpist for whom Mozart wrote his Concerto for Flute and Harp, might occasionally have used all five fingers when playing the harp.

Wounded feelings gave rise to a bitter three-way quarrel between Rousseau and Madame d ' Epinay ; her lover, the philologist Grimm ; and their mutual friend, Diderot, who took their side against Rousseau.

At the request of Madame d ' Epinay, who was anxious to protect her privacy, however, the police ordered him to stop, and the Confessions was only partially published in 1782, four years after his death.

He also gained the freedom of Madame Adrienne Lafayette and issued her and her family American passports ( they had been granted citizenship by the US government for contributions during the Revolution.

As her husband rose to become Generalissimo and leader of the Kuomintang, Madame Chiang acted as his English translator, secretary and advisor.