Being Divine: A Biography of Sarah Bernhardt.

The Economist (US) | September 7, 1991 | Copyright

BEING DIVINE: A BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH BERNHARDT. By Ruth Brandon. Secker Warburg; 466 pages; 17.99 pounds

THERE are great actresses, and there are great stars. Sarah Bernhardt, as Ruth Brandon points out in her introduction, was the first deity of popular culture. Like Chaplin, Monroe and even Madonna, she achieved the curious honour of being famous partly for being famous. Bernhardt often acted badly. She frequently forgot her lines. Sometimes she did not bother to appear at all. The public neither knew nor cared. What Sarah said or how she said it mattered less than ...

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