(1761–1850), French founder of Madame Tussaud's waxworks, resident in Britain from 1802; née Marie Grosholtz. She took death masks in wax of prominent victims of the French Revolution and later toured Britain with her wax models. In 1835 she founded a permanent waxworks exhibition in Baker Street, London.
Definition of Tussaud, Madame in US English:
Tussaud, Madame
proper nountəˈsōd
(1761–1850), French founder of Madame Tussaud's waxworks; resident of Britain from 1802; née Marie Grosholtz. She was imprisoned during the French Revolution and compelled to make death masks in wax of prominent victims of the guillotine. In 1835, she founded a permanent waxworks exhibition in Baker Street, London.