Pierrette Iguace Favart, popularly known as Marie Favart, a French actress, born at Beaune, Feb. 16, 1833. Her family name was Pinigaud, but she assumed the name of M. Favart, who adopted her as a daughter. She was educated at the conservatory, and became a most popular actress and a member of the Theatre Francais. She belongs to the classical school, and is singularly elegant and impressive in her appearance and most exquisite in her elocution. She was greatly admired in 1804 as Esther, and among her most brilliant impersonations is Dona Sol in Hernani.