caption death_date death_place religion birth_place children image_size nationality ethnicity name parents birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name partner occupation
a champmartin , 1837 portrait of juliette drouet painted by charles-emile-callande de 11 may 1883 -lrb- aged 77 -rrb- paris , france roman catholic fougères , brittany , france claire pradier 200px french breton juliette drouet julien gauvain marie marchandet 10 april 1806 mistress of writer victor hugo victor hugo-drouet . jpg juliette drouet
 julienne josephine gauvain james pradier victor hugo actress
juliette drouet

juliette drouet , born julienne josephine gauvain -lrb- 10 april 1806 - 11 may 1883 -rrb- was a french actress .
she abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of victor hugo , to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion .
juliette accompanied hugo in his exile to the channel islands , and wrote thousands of letters to him throughout her life .
