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Folies Bergère

American  
[faw-lee ber-zher] / fɔ li bɛrˈʒɛr /

noun

  1. a Parisian music hall founded in 1869 and noted for the lavish spectacle and mildly risqué content of its entertainments.


Etymology

Origin of Folies Bergère

< French: the Bergère Follies, after rue Bergère, a street near which it was originally located

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She bid Paris adieu and sashayed to Las Vegas, where she starred in the Folies Bergère revue.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Macron’s timing for this show at the Panthéon was as deliberate as that chosen for Baker’s shows at the Folies Bergère.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2022

Chéret is the French painter and lithographer known worldwide for his posters advertising cabarets such as the Folies Bergère and the Moulin Rouge, among others.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021

Jeanne Moreau was born in Paris on Jan. 23, 1928, the daughter of the owner of a Montmartre hotel and restaurant and his British-born wife, a dancer at the Folies Bergère.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2017

"Do you remember seeing me at the Folies Bergère a month ago?"

From Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories by Joseph Lewis French

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