Sarah Bernhardt

Born: 1844-10-23

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 the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Those of Our Land

as Self
Released: 1915-11-22

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha...

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The Century Is Fifty

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1950-03-16

As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century...

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Le duel d'Hamlet

as Hamlet
Released: 1900-05-21

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre...

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Paris Nineteen Hundred

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1948-02-25

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of...

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The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)
Released: 1931-07-08

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...

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Mothers of France

as Jeanne d'Urbex
Released: 1916-01-02

A mother loses first her son and then her husband in the trenches of France during the First...

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Queen Elizabeth

as Queen Elizabeth I
Released: 1912-08-16

Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated...

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Jeanne Doré

as Jeanne Doré
Released: 1915-10-20

Jeanne Doré becomes the accomplice of her son Jacques who unfortunately commits a crime to help...

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Great Actresses of the Past

as (archive footage)
Released: 1938-08-07

Compiled by The Museum of Modern Art Film Library in 1938, the film is a glimpse of the early...

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Camille

as Marguerite Gauthier
Released: 1912-01-02

Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand...

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Le Cinéma de grand-père

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1995-01-01

Remarkable life story of Henri Diamant-Berger, a director and screenwriter whose devotion to...

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Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre

as uncredited
Released: 1900-04-28

The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured...

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The Clairvoyant

as Madame Gainard
Released: 1924-10-31

Jean is thrown out of the house by his father, a remarried politician, out of jealousy for his...

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Adrienne Lecouvreur

as Adrienne Lecouvreur
Released: 1913-01-01

A considered lost film from 1913

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