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La Goulue (French pronunciation: [la guly], meaning The Glutton), was the stage name of Louise Weber (12 July 1866 – 29 January 1929), a French can-can dancer who was a star of the Moulin Rouge, a popular cabaret in the Pigalle district of Paris, near Montmartre.
La Goulue, devenue Madame Louise, entourée d'une cour de rejetés de la société, recueille les animaux de cirque malades et âgés ainsi qu'une multitude de chiens et de chats. Elle flâne sur la Butte Montmartre et dans les bistrots où tout le monde la connaît.
La Goulue, whose real name is Louise Weber, is the Queen of the Cancan. She will remain the symbol of the quadrille and Parisian sensuality.
La Goulue, a treasured New York institution, reopened in 2018 just four short blocks from the original location, which charmed restaurant and food lovers for more than a quarter century. As spirited as its namesake, La Goulue serves meticulously prepared French cuisine in a lively and welcoming bistro chic setting.
Mar 3, 2008 · A litlle video about La Goulue, the famous french cancan dancer from Moulin Rouge - Paris. 1866 - 1929
La Goulue: lion tamer and animal carer. Sadly, Louise Weber’s career declined. Following a stint as a lion tamer, and having lost her dear son, Simon-Victor, who died at the age of 27; she became ill, obese and an alcoholic.
Louise Weber, nicknamed La Goulue (the glutton), is depicted in the Moulin Rouge—a Montmartre cabaret frequented by the Parisian demimonde—flanked by her sister to her right and, to her left, her lover. Toulouse-Lautrec made many paintings of Weber, a star performer known for her appetite.
La Goulue was a French can-can dancer who was the star of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris. Born Louise Weber in 1866, her family were Jewish and from Alsace. They eventually moved to Paris. Aged 16, Louise was working in a laundry but sneaking to dance halls and balls behind her family's back.
La Goulue is French slang for 'greedy guts'. It came from her habit of picking up a customer's glass and drinking it while dancing past the table. Growing up, Weber was a poor Jewish girl who loved to dance.
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