Sarah Bernhardt was the daughter of a Belgian Jewish courtesan and, it recently emerged, an attorney from Le Havre. She was born in 1844, around the time that Theophile Gautier coined the term ...

For Bernhardt’s 1912-13 U.S. tour, Mark Twain wrote in the program, “There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses—and then there is Sarah ...

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 ...

Sarah Bernhardt: And the Woman Created the Star. Through Aug. 27 at the Petit Palais, in Paris; petitpalias.fr. See more on: David Bowie, Theresa Rebeck, Taylor Swift, Comedie Francaise.

Memoirs of Sarah Barnum (1883) a scurrilous novel by a rival actress, claimed that the character inspired by Bernhardt, “like a true daughter of Israel, was filthy.” ...

Sarah Bernhardt. Date of Death: March 26, 1923 (78) Birth Place: Paris, FRANCE. Latest News on Sarah Bernhardt: DIVINE MONSTER Comes to Toronto Fringe Festival This July (Jun 27, 2025) ...

Bernhardt was unapologetically, and publicly, promiscuous. It is thought her lovers included Victor Hugo—when she was 27 and he 70—Gustave Doré and the Prince of Wales, as well as a number of ...

Sarah Bernhardt, La Divine, Guillaume Nicloux's romantic drama starring Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Lafitte and Amira Casar, retraces the life of the world's first star. To be (re)seen on Canal+ on ...

Nineteenth-century theater legend Sarah Bernhardt was worshiped in her native France, and later became a global superstar — the ultimate diva of her time. A compelling musical biography, “The ...

“Sarah Bernhardt: Et la femme Créa la Star” runs through August 27, 2023, at the Petit Palais in Paris.

1915, Sarah Bernhardt is the world's first star. Free. Modern. Divine. Eccentric. Visionary... Between legend and fantas | dG1fREhPaHU3WjA2NXM ...