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Gilles-Jean-Benoît Lecatte known as Folleville (Paris 14 May 1765 – Brussels 9 August 1840) was a French actor mainly active in Brussels.The son of an official in Louis XVI’s court he joined the French Navy and left for America. On his return to France he set up home in Nantes where he made his debut then in Rouen Bordeaux and Amsterdam.He was an actor at Liège in 1789 then at the Théâtre de Monsieur in 1790-1791 he arrived in Brussels in 1803.