Sarah Bernhardt

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Sarah Bernhardt was a legendary 19th- and early 20th-century French stage actress, often called "the Divine Sarah," renowned worldwide for her dramatic roles and charismatic performances.

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instanceOf French person
film actress
human
stage actress
theatre director
writer
awarded Legion of Honour
linked to: Légion d'honneur
birthName Henriette-Rosine Bernard
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
causeOfDisability knee injury complications
leg amputation
child Maurice Bernhardt
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1844-10-22
dateOfDeath 1923-03-26
describedBySource often called the greatest actress of her century
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris
employer Comédie-Française
Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
linked to: Odéon
ethnicGroup Jewish people
linked to: Jews
founded Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
fullName Sarah Bernhardt
genre drama
tragedy
givenName Sarah
hasPart wooden prosthetic leg
influenced 20th-century theatre
modern acting techniques
knownFor charismatic stage presence
early film performances
tragic roles
worldwide theatrical tours
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Belle Époque theatre
nativeLanguage French
notableEvent performed for soldiers during World War I
toured the United States multiple times
notableNickname La Divine Sarah
linked to: The Divine Sarah

The Divine Sarah
notableWork Gismonda
Hamlet
L'Aiglon
linked to: L’Aiglon

La Dame aux Camélias
Lorenzaccio
Phèdre
linked to: Phaedra

Théodora
occupation actress
theatre director
writer
placeOfBirth Paris, France
linked to: Paris
placeOfDeath Paris, France
linked to: Paris
portrayed Hamlet
Joan of Arc
L'Aiglon (the Duke of Reichstadt)
linked to: L’Aiglon

Marguerite Gautier
Phèdre
linked to: Phaedra
positionHeld director of Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
relative Maurice Bernhardt
religion Judaism
residence Paris, France
linked to: Paris
sexOrGender female
yearsActive 1860s–1920s

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Père Lachaise Cemetery burialPlaceOf Sarah Bernhardt
Eleonora Duse influencedBy Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt fullName Sarah Bernhardt
Gabriel Astruc collaboratedWith Sarah Bernhardt
Bernhardt hasNotableBearer Sarah Bernhardt
Bernhardt associatedWithPerson Sarah Bernhardt
Eleonora Duse comparedWith Sarah Bernhardt
subject linked to: Duse
Belle-Île hasNotableVisitor Sarah Bernhardt
Alfons Mucha employer Sarah Bernhardt
subject linked to: Alfons
Gismonda poster depicts Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda poster commissionedBy Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda poster portrays Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda
linked to: Sarah Bernhardt
La Dame aux Camélias poster depicts Sarah Bernhardt
La Dame aux Camélias poster portrays Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier
linked to: Sarah Bernhardt
The Man in the Red Coat featuresPerson Sarah Bernhardt
Cimiez Cemetery hasNotableBurial Sarah Bernhardt
The Divine Sarah refersTo Sarah Bernhardt
The Divine Sarah appliedTo Sarah Bernhardt
Théodora notablePerformer Sarah Bernhardt
Théodora notableRoleFor Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda notablePerformer Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda rolePortrayedBy Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda associatedWith Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda producedForTheatreCompany Sarah Bernhardt’s company
linked to: Sarah Bernhardt
Gismonda hasOriginalProducer Sarah Bernhardt
Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt namedAfter Sarah Bernhardt
Henriette-Rosine Bernard birthNameOf Sarah Bernhardt
Henriette-Rosine Bernard alsoKnownAs Sarah Bernhardt
Henriette-Rosine Bernard notableAlias Sarah Bernhardt
Henriette-Rosine Bernard stageName Sarah Bernhardt
Maurice Bernhardt mother Sarah Bernhardt
Maurice Bernhardt notableFamilyMember Sarah Bernhardt