Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt (1844-1923), Actress
Sitter associated with 32 portraits
World-renowned Parisian-born actress, Bernhardt entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1859. Made her debut at the Comédie-Française in 1862 and moved to the Odéon, where she won fame as Doña Maria in Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (1872) before retuning to the Comédie-Française. After 1876 she made frequent appearances in America, Europe and London where she mixed with the artistic elite including Ellen Terry and Oscar Wilde. Her most applauded roles include Phèdre (1874) and Marguerite in La Dame aux camélias (1884). Founded the Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt in 1899. In 1915 she had a leg amputated but carried performing.
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt as Leonora in 'Dalila'
by J. Tourtin
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12778
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt as Doña Maria in 'Ruy Blas'
by Charles Reutlinger
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12779
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1870s
NPG x135819
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by Alphonse J. Liébert (Liibert)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1878
NPG x1190
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt as Doña Maria in 'Ruy Blas'
by Melandri, published by Wyman & Sons
woodburytype, published 1 June 1879
NPG Ax129598
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by Melandri, published by Wyman & Sons
woodburytype, published 1 June 1879
NPG Ax129599
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
probably by W. & D. Downey
woodburytype, 1879
NPG Ax7668
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1879
NPG x144186
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt in 'Frou-Frou'
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen panel card, 1880
NPG x1191
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
after Napoleon Sarony
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1880
NPG x27585
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by Napoleon Sarony, published by Burt Sharp
albumen carte-de-visite, published 1886-1894
NPG x5681
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt as Mistress Clarckson in 'L'Etrangère'
by Walery, printed and published by Goupil & Co
photogravure on white paper mount, published January 1889 (1876)
NPG x1192
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt as Théodora in Sardou's play 'Théodora'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print on card mount, published 1890
NPG x5682
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by W. & D. Downey
platinotype panel card, 1890s
NPG x127271
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt as Mélisande in 'La Princesse Lointaine'
by Reutlinger
carbon print, published 1 June 1895
NPG Ax28880
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, 1901
NPG x82278
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1901
NPG x127410
Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt
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by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
modern bromide print from an original negative, 1910
NPG x135808
'Bits of Sarah' (Possibly Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt)
by Percy Frederick Seaton Spence
pencil, early 1890s
NPG D23134(14b)
Theatre and Live Entertainment
Groups
Actors and actresses
Jewish sitters and artists
Place
France
