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Hortense Rha , was a Belgiumborn French actress whose popularity extended to the Russian Empire and later the United States of America.

Hortense BarbeLoret was born in Brussels the daughter of a prosperous French organ builder, At an early age she lost first her father and then her mother and was sent to France to be raised and educated at the Ursuline Convent, Paris. After graduating Rha came to the attention of Charles Fechter who in turn introduced her to Mme. Samson, remembered as an acting instructor who worked with Rachel Felix. With Samsons backing she was accepted to study at the Conservatoire de Paris under the tutelage of Lon Beauvallet .

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