People Related to the Comedie-Francaise - Administrators of the Comedie-Francaise, Societaires of the Comedie-Francaise, Sarah Bernhardt, Rachel (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 114. Not illustrated. Chapters: Administrators of the Comedie-Francaise, Societaires of the Comedie-Francaise, Sarah Bernhardt, Rachel, Francis Huster, Benoit-Constant Coquelin, Marie Bell, Anne Francoise Elizabeth Lange, Andrzej Seweryn, Francois-Joseph Talma, Pierre Fresnay, Renee Faure, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jacques Marie Boutet, Gabrielle Colonna-Romano, Florent Carton Dancourt, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Raimu, Michel Baron, Jean Piat, Marie Champmesle, Robert Hirsch, La Clairon, Larive, Mademoiselle Mars, Grandmesnil, Madeleine Renaud, Dazincourt, Catherine Samie, Jean-Henry Gourgaud, Lekain, Magdeleine-Marie Desgarcins, Florence, Guillaume Gallienne, Mademoiselle Fleury, Jacques Charon. Excerpt: Sarah Bernhardt (born circa October 23, 1844 March 26, 1923) was a French stage and early film actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known." Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the nickname "The Divine Sarah." Bernhardt was born in Paris as Rosine Bernardt, the illegitimate daughter of Julie Bernardt (1821, Amsterdam - 1876, Paris) and an unknown father. Julie was one of six children of a widely traveling Jewish spectacle merchant, "vision specialist" and petty criminal, Moritz Baruch Bernardt, and Sara Hirsch (later known as Janetta Hartog) (ca 1797-1829). Julie's father remarried Sara Kinsbergen (1809-1878) two weeks after his first wife's death, and abandoned his family in 1835. Julie left for Paris, where she made a living as a courtesan and was known by the name "Youle." Sarah would add the letter "H" to both her first and last name. Sarah's birth records were lost in a fire in 1871, but in order to prove French citizenship, necessary for Legion d'hon...