Émile Cottenet

Émile Cottenet (1785 in Lyon - 1833 in Paris) was a 19th-century French actor, chansonnier and playwright. He arrived in Paris around 1815 and became an actor for the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin before he worked for the troup of the Théâtre du Gymnase. His plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the XIXth century : Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté, etc.