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    The only things I know about her is that she was a French
    actress (I guess most people think she was British) and
    she died around 1923 so she could have very well done some
    silent films but as far as I know she did mostly theater.
    I also want to say that there was something wrong with
    one of her legs (not sure if one was false or something
    like that). 
    
    Hope that helps.
    
    Mo  

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>She was an actress, but the
>    only other things I know about her are that she had an affair with King
>    Edward VI and has a flower named after her. Did she do any movies?

  Do you mean England's King Edward VI? If so then she must be a bit long of
tooth, Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and lived back in the 16th century. 
If she was married to him she would have been old by the time Hamlet was
written.  :*)} 

  Edward VII was Victoria's son and was King for about 10 years when he was
elderly c 1910. He's the one for whom they named the "Edwardian period" and was
known to have a lot of romantic encounters. 

  His grandson was Edward VIII who married a Divorced American woman and gave
up the crown after being king for one year somewhere around 1936. I believe he
then became the Duke of Winsor. 

George 

My mother used to call my sister Sarah Bernhardt whenever she would
overdramatize anything: especially the running to her room, slamming
the door, and crying (but making sure everyone could hear) routine. 
Maybe this actress was famous for overdramatizing everything?

- Ann

    
    she was a theatrical actress, and I've heard that expression used
    ssooooo many times myself. 
    
    
    
    Bob

From "The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy":

Sarah Bernhardt - A French actress of the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.  A brilliant performer, she was considered the
queen of French tragedy.

(1844-1923 are her birth/death dates, according to the American Heritage
Dictionary; don't know why the above reference didn't include those...)

Perhaps this discussion belongs in the CDSRV::THEATRE conference.

-- Nina

    > Do you mean England's King Edward VI? If so then she must be a bit
    > long of tooth, Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and lived back in
    > the 16th century.
    
    Yes, I mean Edward VII, the Edwardian Edward. I forgot that there was
    an Edward between him and the V (smothered when  a child by Richard
    III).
    
    So no films of her, eh? It's interesting that the saying persists so
    long after her death.
    			Jim B.
    

    Actually I do recall seeing a listing somewhere of some silent films
    she had appeared in.  Have no idea where I saw it though.  Your best
    bet would probably be to find a good biography of her, which would
    likely include info on Bernhardt in the world of film.
    
    - Dave

    
    	All .msstate. has for Sarah is:
    
    
    
                              Sarah Bernhardt

Also Known As:
     Henriette-Rosine Bernard

Actress
       1. Amours, de la Reine Elisabeth, Les (1912) .... Queen Elizabeth
          ... aka Queen Elizabeth (1912)

       2. Hamlet (1900) .... Hamlet

    Thanks for the list! Not sure whether to go to Blockbusters for these
    movies, or an archaeologist, but it gives a starting point.
    				Jim