Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844-1923) · France · Actors · Died at 78
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Something wrong?She played Hamlet, recorded her voice when Edison's cylinder was new, and turned sculptress between curtain calls - a French stage actress who made an international career out of refusing every box the 19th century built for women.
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It Happened in ParisFilm, Writer1917Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917Film1916
Mothers of FranceFilm, Jeanne d'Urbex1915
Jeanne DoréFilm, Jeanne Doré1913
Adrienne LecouvreurFilm, Writer1912
CamilleFilm, Marguerite Gauthier1907“Victor Hugo could not promise without keeping his word.”In their wordsCh. 25“My fame had become annoying for my enemies, and a little trying, I confess, for my friends. But at that time all this stir and noise amused me vastly.”In their wordsCh. 25“Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrity when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.”In their wordsCh. 28“I am so superstitious that if I had arrived when there was no sunshine I should have been wretched and most anxious until after my first performance.”In their wordsCh. 331900
Le duel d'HamletFilm, Hamlet1875Named Sociétaire of the Comédie-FrançaiseOffice1 January 1875 to 1 January 18801844Born23 October 1844Also in Deutsch
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Face detail, Sarah Bernhardt as Doña Sol in Hernani (cropped)
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Portraits d'actrices et d'acteurs - Sarah Bernhardt (n° 681), Raphaële Sisos (n° 682), José Laurent (n° 683)... - images de presse - btv1b53297993f
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Recueil."L'aiglon" - btv1b105324937 (082 of 140)
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SarahBernhardt dernièredemeureIn their own words 8
, Victor Hugo could not promise without keeping his word.
My fame had become annoying for my enemies, and a little trying, I confess, for my friends. But at that time all this stir and noise amused me vastly.
Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrity when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.
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PAParis 1900
GPGreat Actresses of the Past
TBThe House That Shadows Built
SYStars of Yesterday
TCThe ClairvoyantIPIt Happened in ParisMFMothers of France
TLThose of Our LandJDJeanne DoréALAdrienne Lecouvreur
QEQueen ElizabethCACamilleLHLe duel d'Hamlet
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Born Henriette-Rosine Bernard on 22 October 1844, she became Sarah Bernhardt and claimed the French stage with roles in La Dame aux Camélias, Ruy Blas, Fédora, La Tosca, and L'Aiglon. She crossed gender lines to play Hamlet and other male parts at a time when the idea was near-scandalous. Edmond Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture"; Victor Hugo praised her "golden voice". She took that voice on theatrical tours across continents, then into Edison's sound recordings and early motion pictures. Between performances she painted and sculpted - her work in visual art was serious enough to stand apart from the fame. She also lifted artist Alphonse Mucha into the spotlight, helping to make his Art Nouveau posters iconic. She died 26 March 1923, having spent nearly sixty years proving that stage presence could cross any medium.
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