figurante

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Mlle. de Camargo presided over the Ch�teau of Berny for some four years, when an obscure figurante of the Opera, Mlle.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere figurante.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

Her listener had drifted from attention to the soft caressing tones of the one time Parisian figurante, whose devotion was so apparent and whose nature required a certain amount of demonstration.

From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis

The young figurante frequently extended her arms and threw herself on her knees, as if in invocation of some unseen power.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

She was employed as a figurante in a small theatre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys