Sarah
Bernhardt
was born in Paris in 1844. After a successful acting career in France
she came to London in 1876 where she quickly
established herself as the leading actress of the day. In 1892 she
asked Oscar Wilde to write her a play. The
result was Salome but while in
rehearsal the Lord Chamberlain had the play banned. In 1899 she founded
the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris. Although she had a leg amputated
in 1915, Sarah Bernhardt continued to appear on the stage until her
death in 1923.
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