Marie Tussaud

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Marie Tussaud was a French artist and entrepreneur best known for creating lifelike wax sculptures and founding the world-famous wax museum that bears her name.

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Marie Tussaud canonical 6
Tussaud 1

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instanceOf artist
entrepreneur
person
sculptor
wax museum
apprenticeOf Philippe Curtius
birthDate 1761-12-01
birthName Marie Grosholtz
birthPlace Alsace
France
Strasbourg
burialPlace St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1850-04-16
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom
educatedBy Philippe Curtius
employer Philippe Curtius
familyName Grosholtz
Tussaud
linked to: Marie Tussaud
fieldOfWork sculpture
wax modeling
founded Madame Tussauds
founder Marie Tussaud
gender female
genre portrait sculpture
givenName Marie
hasWorkLocation Baker Street, London
linked to: Baker Street

London
linked to: London, England
inception 1835
livedDuring French Revolution
location London
linked to: London, England
motherTongue French
movement 18th-century art
19th-century art
name Marie Tussaud
nationality French
notableFor founding Madame Tussauds wax museum
lifelike wax portraits of famous people
wax sculptures
notableWork Chamber of Horrors wax exhibition
occupation artist
entrepreneur
wax sculptor
residence London
linked to: London, England

Paris
spouse François Tussaud

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Madame Tussauds London foundedBy Marie Tussaud
Madame Tussauds London namedAfter Marie Tussaud
Madame Tussauds foundedBy Marie Tussaud
Madame Tussauds namedAfter Marie Tussaud
Marie Tussaud name Marie Tussaud
Marie Tussaud familyName Tussaud
linked to: Marie Tussaud
Madame Tussauds founder Marie Tussaud
subject linked to: Marie Tussaud