Vernon, Marie
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Vernon, Marie (?), ballerina, was Théophile Gautier ’s goddaughter according to the writer Jules Janin , who appears to have known something about her background. Her real name was Renon, but very little is recorded about the provenance of this girl who attracted immediate attention on the stage of the Opéra with her blond hair and blue eyes. Her contact with the Opéra started when she was a pupil of Louis F. Gosselin , Marie Taglioni , and Mme Dominique in the ballet school attached to the…