DESPRES, SUZANNE ), French actress, was born at Verdun, and trained at the Paris Conservatoire. She then became associated with, and subsequently married, Aurelien Lugne-Poe (b. 187o), the actor-manager, who had founded a new school of modern drama, L'Oeuvre, and she had a brilliant suc cess in several plays produced by him. In succeeding years she played at the Gymnase and at the Porte Saint-Martin, and in 1902 made her début at the Comedie Francaise, appearing in Phedre and other important parts.