Culture: An exhibition pays tribute to the actress Sarah Bernhardt

At the end of the 19th century, Sarah Bernhardt was the queen of showbiz. The actress plays in tragedies. To die on stage, she creates her own haunting style with rolling eyes and a trembling voice. From 1862 his grandiose acting was a triumph. We call her the Divine. monster expression holy is even invented for them. In the city as well as on stage, the actress shapes her character.

A buzz queen

For one of her portraits, she gives the painter instructions and leaves nothing to chance. “We see her in a pause from perfectly studied nonchalance. A break you might find in Marilyn Monroe or Madonnasays Annick Lemoine, curator of the exhibition Sarah Bernhardt and the Woman Who Made the Star. This star went to the bottom of the world on a world tour Far to the west. A cowboy in Dallas had Traveled 400 kilometers to see the actress act. Sarah Bernhardt spreads rumours. Queen of buzz and first star to dare plastic surgery long before Madonna, she invented everything.