Jane Hading

Jane Hading (November 25, 1859 - 1933), French actress, whose real name was Jeanne Alfredine Trefouret, was born at Marseille, where her father was an actor at the Gymnase.

She was trained at the local Conservatoire and was engaged in 1873 for the theatre at Algiers, and afterwards for the Khedivial theatre at Cairo, where she played, in turn, coquette, soubrette and Ingenue parts. Expectations had been raised by her voice, and when she returned to Marseille she sang in operetta, besides acting in Ruy Blas.

Her Paris debut was in "La Chaste Suzanne" at the Palais Royal, and she was again heard in operetta at the Renaissance. In 1883 she had a great success at the Gymnase in Le Maitre de forges. In 1884 she married Victor Koning (1842-1894), the manager of that theatre, but divorced him in 1887.

In 1888 she toured America with Coquelin, and on her return helped to give success to Lavedan's Prince d'Aurec, at the Vaudeville. Her reputation as one of the leading actresses of the day was now established not only in France but in America and England.

Her later repertoire included "Le Demi-monde", Capus's "La Châtelaine", Charles Maurice Donnay's "Retour de Jerusalem", "La Princesse Georges" by Dumas fils, and Émile Bergerat's "Plus que reine".----