Have you ever wondered how certain people become so famous? Do you know their culture or where they come from? Perhaps, you had never even thought about it for a moment, but everyone that is famous and not famous all have certain life events that lead them to where they are now. Just like Leonardo Dicaprio and everyone else, Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous French actress had many life events as a child through growing up that led her to become an actress. Without the events that happened during Sarah Bernhardt’s childhood she wouldn’t have become a star and acclaimed actress. This paper outlines what I believe to be the turning points in her life. Some are by her choice, some are her reacting to the situation she was in and some were just plain luck, but they all form a path for Sarah to become one of the most popular French actresses in the history of cinema.
Sarah Bernhardt was born in October of 1844 and died in March of 1923. Sarah Bernhardt was known as the most “famous international star” says Barbara Pauk, a professor. Bernhardt’s original name when she was born was Henriette-Rosine Bernard, but she had it changed to Sarah and added a “H” to her last name. She was the daughter of Judith Van Hard and Édoud Bernhardt. When Bernhardt was born it caused a burden to Bernhardt’s mother and she did not want Sarah. Sarah grew up in a nomadic life because she was always moving around and no one wanted her. She was tossed everywhere from different convents, to pensions, and back to her home in Paris. At the age of seven, Sarah was sent to a pension near Autemil. She hated living there and she had never felt so alone before in her life. At the age of nine, she was sent to be raised in a convent (known as a Christian community)...
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...It is the theatre I have loved the most,’” (Bernhardt 16-18; Richardson 37).
Mark Twain, an American author and humorist, once said, “There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses – then there is Sarah Bernhardt,” (qtd in Polchin 35). Throughout her childhood and teenage years there were many life events that had occurred. However, the events that I have stated I believe were the major turning points of her life. Sarah was an amazing woman, she loved her family and she loved who she was. Even through all the ups and downs that she had with her family, living in pensions and convents, she still had hope for her life. She never gave up on her dreams even when she felt like she no longer wanted to be in the theatre. Sarah Bernhardt was known to be the best and most famous French actress in the whole world (Polchin 35).
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