BEJART, the name of several French actors, children of Marie Herve and Joseph Be j art (d. 1643) , the holder of a small government post. One of the sons, JOSEPH BEJART (c. was a strolling player and later a member of Moliere's first com pany (l'Illustre Theatre), accompanied him in his theatrical wan derings, and was with him when he returned permanently to Paris, dying soon after. He created the parts of Lelie in L'Etour die, and Eraste in Le Depit amoureux. His brother Louis BEJART (c. 163o-78) was also in Moliere's company during the last years of its travels. He created many parts in his brother-in-law's plays—Valere in Le Depit amoureux, Dubois in Le Misanthrope, Alcantor in Le Mariage force, and Don Luis in Le Festin de Pierre. He was lamed in a brawl, and retired with a pension— the first ever granted by the company to a comedian—in 1670.
The more famous members of the family were two sisters ;