7. Bernhardt's longest relationship was with a woman. Sarah met the artist Louise Abbéma in 1874, and the two were involved until the former's death.

Bernhardt also bent gender roles beyond the stage, wearing pants when it was illegal for women to do so and having a love affair with the woman artist Louise Abbéma.

Contrary to myth, Bernhardt did not use a wooden leg, and although she was described as being promiscuous with men, the evidence shows that her primary relationship was with Louise Abbéma.

“Sarah Bernhardt: Et la femme Créa la Star” runs through August 27, 2023, ... and loved freely—her relationship with the artist Louise Abbéma is a throughline in her life.

A century after her death, Sarah Bernhardt, ... She was – by today’s standards – bisexual, and when she met the artist Louise Abbéma in 1874, ...

‘Sarah Bernhardt: Et la femme Créa la Star’ runs until August at Paris’s Petit Palais. Skip to main content. Open ... her relationship with the artist Louise Abbéma is a through line in her life. A ...

Sarah Bernhardt was arguably the world’s most famous woman when on 26 March 1923 and a huge crowd turned out to see her funeral procession as it wound its way to Père-Lachaise cemetery, to pay ...