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Sarah Bernhardt (French: [saʁa bɛʁnɑʁt]; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by ...
Jul 19, 2024 · Sarah Bernhardt (born October 22/23, 1844, Paris, France—died March 26, 1923, Paris) was the greatest French actress of the later 19th century and one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage.
Sarah Bernhardt. Actress: La dame aux camélias. This celebrated star of the French stage had a sporadic love-hate affair with early cinema. After her film debut in Le duel d'Hamlet (1900) she declared she detested the medium; yet she consented to appear in another film, La Tosca (1909).
May 15, 2023 · Rising to prominence for her performance in François Coppée’s Le Passant in 1869, she began appearing regularly at the Comédie-Française, a 17th-century theater in Paris, and...
Jul 17, 2018 · Bernhardt’s worldwide fame rested not only on her public relations skill, but also on her willingness to take dramatic risks most actresses of the time would never dare. In one notable example, she played Hamlet in 1899, at age 55, in a French adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.
Jul 20, 2018 · Sarah Bernhardt [born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; October 22, 1844—March 21, 1923] was a French stage and early film actress whose career spanned over 60 years. During the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, she dominated the world of acting with lead parts in acclaimed plays and motion pictures.
Sep 24, 2010 · Sarah Bernhardt's Dramatic Life, Onstage And Off In Sarah, Robert Gottlieb paints an elegant and engaging portrait worthy of the legendary French actress. The biography separates fact from...
Sep 4, 2018 · Sarah Bernhardt developed one of the Western world’s first cults of personality. In 1906 the French breeder Monsieur Lemoine cultivated the Sarah Bernhardt Peony, the most showy variety. In 1960, Sarah was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
May 11, 2023 · A 1910 self-portrait by Sarah Bernhardt. As well as an actor and painter, Bernhardt was a sculptor, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist. RMN-Grand Palais, via Art Resource. Bernhardt...
Sarah Bernhardt, (1844-1923), was an emblematic figure who spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. The “Divine Sarah”, who was an artist as well as an actress, takes centre stage at the Petit Palais in an exceptional exhibition to mark the centenary of her death.
