Sarah Bernhardt: Sarah Bernhardt. Actress: La dame aux camélias. This celebrated star of the French stage had a sporadic love-hate affair with early cinema. After her film debut in Le duel d'Hamlet (1900) she declared she detested the medium; yet she consented to appear in another film, La Tosca (1909). Upon seeing the results, she reportedly recoiled in horror, demanding that the negative be destroyed. Her next film appearance, in the Film...
Known For: La dame aux camélias (Marguerite Gauthier), La voyante (Madame Gainard), Adrienne Lecouvreur (Adrienne Lecouvreur), Mothers of France (Jeanne d'Urbex)