Many writers have explored Paris through art, literature and food, but “Nobody Sits Like the French” takes a different approach, thanks to Minnesota writer Charles Pappas’ knowledge of the exposition ...

Sarah Bernhardt: And the Woman Created the Star. Through Aug. 27 at the Petit Palais, in Paris; petitpalias.fr. See more on: David Bowie, Theresa Rebeck, Taylor Swift, Comedie Francaise.

Reporting From Paris — Sarah Bernhardt -- a famous French actress -- died March 26, 1923, in Paris. She was 78. She has a star on the Hollywood Star Walk. In 2005, the Los Angeles Times wrote ...

Sarah Bernhardt was the daughter of a Belgian Jewish courtesan and, it recently emerged, an attorney from Le Havre. She was born in 1844, around the time that Theophile Gautier coined the term ...

“Sarah Bernhardt was more than a famous actress. She was one of the first celebrities. She was a businesswoman, a fashion icon, a sculptor, theater director, a visionary, a courtesan.

For Bernhardt’s 1912-13 U.S. tour, Mark Twain wrote in the program, “There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses—and then there is Sarah ...

In this way, Sarah Bernhardt’s majestic and ever-fresh persona, inextricably linked to her Jewish identity, continues to startle and unsettle culture mavens. Related.

Nineteenth-century theater legend Sarah Bernhardt was worshiped in her native France, and later became a global superstar — the ultimate diva of her time. A compelling musical biography, “The ...

“Sarah Bernhardt was more than a famous actress,” exhibition co-curator Stéphanie Cantarutti tells Thomas Adamson of the Associated Press (AP). “She was one of the first celebrities.

White was Sarah Bernhardt’s signature color, onstage and off. At the Petit Palais, the visitor is greeted by the actress’s favorite portrait, painted by her friend and lover Georges Clarin ...

French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) performing on stage in a production of Camille in 1913. Photo: Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Their meeting was largely a product of chance.

White was Sarah Bernhardt’s signature colour, on stage and off. At the Petit Palais, the visitor is greeted by the actress’s favourite portrait, painted by her friend and lover Georges Clarin, ...