WHO'S MADAME TUSSAUD? Born Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg, France, she never knew her father, a German soldier who died before her birth. Her mother raised her in Berne, Switzerland. When she was older, Marie worked for a physician who used wax to mold anatomical parts to aid his teaching. Marie soon picked up the skill. When the doctor moved to Paris, Marie and her mother went with him.
Marie modeled wax figures of such well-know people - French historian Voltaire and Swiss philosopher Rousseau. During the French Revolution, she was imprisoned and forced to model the heads of the victims of guillotine, including Marie Antoinette and the politician Robespierre.
In 1802, Marie and her children left her husband, a civil engineer Francois Tussaud, and went to London, England, where she established her famous wax museum. She became a successful businesswoman at a time when few women had careers.
A fallen away Catholic, she had returned to her faith by the time of her death on April 16, 1850. A memorial table at St. Mary's Catholic Church in London bears her name, and she is buried in the parish cemetery.
Madame Tussaud's Interactive Wax Museum in Las Vegas: June 2003 So real, it's scary.
Recycled Web Page Wax this!
Wow!!! I enjoyed YouTUBE link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3GxWpBor8
Marie modeled wax figures of such well-know people - French historian Voltaire and Swiss philosopher Rousseau. During the French Revolution, she was imprisoned and forced to model the heads of the victims of guillotine, including Marie Antoinette and the politician Robespierre.
In 1802, Marie and her children left her husband, a civil engineer Francois Tussaud, and went to London, England, where she established her famous wax museum. She became a successful businesswoman at a time when few women had careers.
A fallen away Catholic, she had returned to her faith by the time of her death on April 16, 1850. A memorial table at St. Mary's Catholic Church in London bears her name, and she is buried in the parish cemetery.
Madame Tussaud's Interactive Wax Museum in Las Vegas: June 2003 So real, it's scary.
Recycled Web Page Wax this!
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Wow!!! I enjoyed YouTUBE link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3GxWpBor8
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Published 7/17/07 ALT MSN Group
Web Page: Viva Vegas!
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