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Sarah Bernhardt
Acting
23 Oct 1844
† 26 Mar 1923
Paris, France
Biography
Sarah Bernhardt (born Henriette-Rosine Bernard, 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. French poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Victor Hugo praised her "golden voice". Bernhardt made several theatrical tours around the world, and was one of t...
Also Known As
Henriette-Rosine Bernard
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Sarah Bernhardt's Movies
53%
Le duel d'Hamlet
21 May 1900
53%
Paris 1900
25 Feb 1948
63%
Those of Our Land
22 Nov 1915
42%
Queen Elizabeth
16 Aug 1912
47%
Mothers of France
02 Jan 1916
70%
The House That Shadows Built
08 Jul 1931
10%
Camille
02 Jan 1912
10%
Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
28 Apr 1900
60%
It Happened in Paris
26 Dec 1919
100%
weiß ihrer Augen
13 Jul 2025
0%
Great Actresses of the Past
07 Aug 1938
0%
Jeanne Doré
20 Oct 1915
0%
Stars of Yesterday
31 Dec 1931
0%
The Clairvoyant
31 Oct 1924
0%
The Century Is Fifty
16 Mar 1950
0%
Adrienne Lecouvreur
01 Jan 1913
0%
Le Cinéma de grand-père
01 Jan 1995
0%
Sarah Bernhardt, With Heart and Soul
05 Oct 2023
0%
Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917
01 Jan 1917