Considered to be among the world's great playhouses, it hosted performers such as Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, W. C. Fields, Will Rogers, Al Jolson, and John Phillip Sousa. The auditorium had boxes ...

Mark Twain once identified five kinds of actresses: "bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses -- and then there is Sarah Bernhardt." Bernhardt was, indeed, one of a kind.

“Bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses—and then there is Sarah Bernhardt.” No one was, or ever had been, quite like her. The French performer was celebrated not only ...

By Beatrice Loayza Reporting from Paris In the 19th and early 20th century, everyone worshiped at the altar of Sarah Bernhardt. She was a stage actress at a time when the theater was the ...

A centenary after her death, the most famous French actress of all time, Sarah Bernhardt—aka “the Divine Sarah”—is back for an encore in a specular, sprawling exhibition that opened at the ...

Reporting From Paris — Sarah Bernhardt -- a famous French actress -- died March 26, 1923, in Paris. She was 78. She has a star on the Hollywood Star Walk. In 2005, the Los Angeles Times wrote ...

19th-century French actress Sarah Bernhardt was a global sensation during her lifetime. American author Mark Twain once wrote: "There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The Théâtre de la Ville, now named for Sarah Bernhardt, reopened after a seven-year renovation. But its once-radical ...

A century ago, mourners lined the streets of Paris, watching as black horses pulled flower-laden floats and a coach carried the coffin of Sarah Bernhardt, the woman widely considered the first ...

A centenary after her death, the most famous French actress of all time, Sarah Bernhardt – aka “the Divine Sarah” – is back for an encore in a specular, sprawling exhibition that opened at the Petit ...