"school" of pantomime; indeed, he served as tutor to the Marseille mime LouisRouffe, who, in turn, gave instruction to Séverin Cafferra, known simply as
Alida Rouffe (1874–1949) was a French actress. Joséphine Marie Rouffe was born on 20 March 1874 in Bordeaux. Her father was mime artist LouisRouffe (1849-1885)
Joséphine Hersilie Brébion, who was also an actress, and then with mime LouisRouffe and his troupe in Marseille. She had a huge success in the big concert
pantomime in Marseille, first with Charles Deburau (until 1871), then LouisRouffe [fr] (from 1874 to 1885), and finally Séverin (full name Séverin Cafferra)
Caffera was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. He studied under the Marseille mime LouisRouffe (1849-1885), who in turn had studied under Charles Deburau. He worked