| She began her career as a soubrette but made her debut at the Comédie-Française in 1743 as Phèdre in the tragedy by Racine. |
| Miss Richland has a very pretty face, but she looks more like a soubrette or smart actress than a woman of fashion. |
| She was an excellent actress, particularly in soubrette parts, a number of which Molière wrote for her. |
| But he is carrying on dreadfully with a soubrette in New York. |
| It was something to replace the nurse of elder comedy by the soubrette. |
| Swanilda is a soubrette role, but it requires a dancer with the authority of a ballerina. |
