Acting
Sarah Bernhardt
1844 · Paris, France
19 films
Bio
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".
Filmography
Mothers of France
Jeanne d'Urbex
Jeanne Doré
Jeanne Doré
Camille
Marguerite Gauthier
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Paris 1900
Self (archive footage)
Great Actresses of the Past
(archive footage)
The Century Is Fifty
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917
Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
The Clairvoyant
Madame Gainard
Those of Our Land
Self
Le duel d'Hamlet
Hamlet