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SARAH BERNHARDT HERE; Beta of the Famous Actress After Five Years' Absence. RETAINS HER YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE Welcomed by Many Old Friends -- Will Appear at Abbey's Jan. 20 -- Left Her Pets in Paris.
The French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was the first global celebrity: the first artist to be eclipsed by her image in her own lifetime, and the first to inhabit that image on multiple ...
Now making its debut at Ross Valley Players’ Barn Theatre, the musical about the life of legendary actor Sarah Bernhardt is both brand new and about 40 years old.
A centenary after her death, the most famous French actress of all time, Sarah Bernhardt—aka “the Divine Sarah”—is back for an encore in a specular, sprawling exhibition that opened at the ...
And then the 90-second film whirs to black. This footage, now more than 120 years old, is where I started my journey towards Sarah Bernhardt. It’s a daunting introduction, to say the least… ...
Why Actress Sarah Bernhardt Was the First Modern Celebrity An exhibition in Paris revisits the life of the 19th-century thespian, who used the press to promote herself and eagerly capitalized on ...
1915, Sarah Bernhardt is the world's first star. Free. Modern. Divine. Eccentric. Visionary... Between legend and fantas | dG1fREhPaHU3WjA2NXM ‘Squatter Hunter’ says ‘no common sense’ in ...
19th-century French actress Sarah Bernhardt was a global sensation during her lifetime.
Yiddish World Why the poet Anna Margolin wrote a 1915 column about actress Sarah Bernhardt’s leg Margolin hoped it would help women think more about female courage, self-fulfillment and even ...
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 ...
A centenary after her death, the most famous French actress of all time, Sarah Bernhardt – aka “the Divine Sarah” – is back for an encore in a specular, sprawling exhibition that opened at the Petit ...