biography
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Bernhardt, Sarah
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originally Henriette Rosine Bernard
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pronunciation:
[bernhah(r)t]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1844–1923)
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| biography:
| Actress and theatre producer, born in Paris, France. She entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1859, and in 1867 won fame as Zanetto in Coppée's Le Passant (1869), and as the Queen of Spain in Ruy Blas (1872). After 1876 she made frequent appearances in London, the USA, and Europe. She also managed several theatres, including the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt (founded, 1899), and wrote poetry and plays. In 1882 she married Jacques Daria or Damala (d.1889), a Greek actor, from whom she was divorced shortly afterwards. In 1915 she had a leg amputated, but did not abandon the stage. |
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