ARNOULD-PLESSY, JEANNE SYLVANIE 1897), French actress, was born in Metz, the daughter of a local actor named Plessy. She made her debut at the Comedie Fran caise in 1834 in Alexandre Duval's La Fille d'honneur, and for the next I I years filled leading roles there. Suddenly she broke her contract and left for London to marry J. F. Arnould, the dramatist. She then played in St. Petersburg for II years. In 1855 she returned to the Comedie, where she was especially suc cessful in Emile Augier's Le Fils de Giboyer and Maitre Guerin.