n French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850)
Double Take: Celebrities Confront Their Wax Figures Sofia Vergara unveiled her new wax figure at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in NYC on Wednesday, but she isn't the only star who has come face to face with her man-made double. Kim Kardashian , Taylor Swift , Gwen Stefani , and even Betty White have all been on hand to debut their twins at various wax museums around the world, and, naturally, it always lends itself to a hilarious photo op. Click ...
June 6, 2013 - PopSugar
Marie Grosholtz in TIME No one can be considered properly popular unless he is admitted to the company of Madame Tussaud's celebrities,the attraction's eponymous founder, the French-born Marie Tussaud told the British periodical Punch in 1849.