ARNOULD, MADELINE SOPHIE famous French actress and operatic singer, was born in Paris, where, from her debut in 1757 to her retirement in 1778, she enjoyed almost unrivalled popularity. In Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide and Orphee she created the parts of Iphigenie and Eurydice. She was renowned, incidentally, hardly less for her wit and conversa tion than for her histrionic powers.