Juliette Drouet, French actress (died 1883)

Juliette Drouet

French actress and courtesan (1806–1883)

Juliette Drouet was a French actress. She abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion. Juliette accompanied Hugo in his exile to the Channel Islands, and wrote thousands of letters to him…