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Sarah Bernhardt

Also known as Rosine Bernard Bernhardt

French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923)

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Sarah Bernhardt was a female actor from France whose work period began in 1862. She is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Her notable works include *La tragique histoire d'Hamlet*, *L'aveu*, *Pamiętniki*, the Argument of "Izeyl", and *Ma double vie*. She is associated with tags such as spoken word, theatre, and France.

Bernhardt’s works have been referenced by 872 other encyclopedia articles. She is listed as a creator on Wikimedia Commons, which hosts a gallery and category for her. Her birth date is recorded as 1844, with specific dates including September 25, October 22, and October 23. She died in 1923, with dates cited as March 23 and March 26.

Her quotes include, "Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist," and "Acting is all internal, but must be externalized." She also stated, "Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." On Last.fm, she is tagged as an actor and associated with similar artists such as Minji Kim and Jan Anderson.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Sarah
Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Paris
Place of death: 17th arrondissement of Paris
Spouse: Jacques Damala
Occupation: sculptor
Position held: Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française
Educated at: Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Breton
Religion: Catholicism
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image: Face detail, Sarah Bernhardt as Doña Sol in Hernani (cropped).png
Work location: Paris
Significant event: funeral

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Commons category: Sarah Bernhardt
date of death: 1923-03-26
cause of death: kidney failure
Commons Creator page: Sarah Bernhardt
date of birth: 1844-10-22
Commons gallery: Sarah Bernhardt
birth name: Sarah Marie Henriette Bernard
manner of death: natural causes
ethnic group: Jewish people
name in native language: Sarah Bernhardt
unmarried partner: Samuel Pozzi
topic's main category: Category:Sarah Bernhardt
start of work period: 1862-00-00
student: Princess Der Ling
writing language: French
different from: Sandra Bernhard
archives at: Harry Ransom Center
has works in the collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
medical condition: amputation

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Encyclopedic overview

Sarah Bernhardt ( French: [saʁa bɛʁnɑʁt]; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 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, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand. She played female and male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", and Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours worldwide and was one of the early prominent actresses to make sound recordings and act in motion pictures. She was also an accomplished visual artist, as a painter and particularly as a sculptor.

She is also linked with the success of artist Alphonse Mucha, whose work she helped to publicize. Mucha became one of the more sought-after artists of this period for his Art Nouveau style.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarah Bernhardt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.