Deceased
How Did Sarah Bernhardt Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 78Sarah Bernhardt 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".
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Great Man: W.C. FieldsMovie | Self - Marguerite Gautier (clip from La dame aux camellias (1912)) (archive footage) | 161 |
| 1950 | The Century Is FiftyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 106 |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows BuiltMovie | (archive footage) | 87 |
| 1913 | Adrienne LecouvreurMovie | Adrienne Lecouvreur | 69 |
| 1912 | Queen ElizabethMovie | Queen Elizabeth I | 68 |