Victorian actress Sarah Bernhardt dressed in full diving suit (the Ocean Empres). The face behind this photo that passed around some years ago. Photo ca. 1880.

65 points Rich_Elderberry_8958
Sarah Bernhardt's life reads straight from fiction, what an incredibly interesting woman.

mother was a high class courtesan, father came from money and paid for an elite education

entered the theatre and from a young age collaborated with the likes of Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo

became fabulously wealthy and world famous

the muse of Art Nouveau pioneer Alphonse Mucha

ran a hospital during the 1870 Siege of Paris, caring for a young Ferdinand Foch

after suffering an injury that led to a leg amputation, had an ornate sedan chair built so she could be carried around everywhere
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2 points LurkerByNatureGT

Also, among many people enamored either her, her was friends and collaborators with Oscar Wilde, who wrote Salome for her.

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23 points N7Rory

Reminds me of the terror.

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8 points BabyLegsOShanahan

Great show.

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3 points PornoPaul

I gotta start that show

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2 points badgeman-

You certainly do.

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2 points SIEGE312

It’s just one season. We just watched it and immediately had to pivot to Chernobyl. Jared Harris can make some damn good tv!

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1 points Poor_eyes

There’s a second season but it’s not connected to the first season. It takes place in a Japanese internment camp.

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1 points SIEGE312

Was there, though? Was there...

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5 points MiddleCut3768

She seems fun

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7 points Electrical-Aspect-13

SOURCE:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c03558/

https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c20388/

https://cogpunksteamscribe.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/11077/

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2 points kamace11

This really doesn't look anything like Sarah Bernhardt though

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2 points Oohoureli

Nah, that’s Daft Punk before they were famous.

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2 points Trivm001

I remember learning about her in a theater history class and my professor basically described her as the first true international superstar before Hollywood even existed.

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1 points S-T-E-N-D-E-C-

Got a real steampunk Martian Manhunter thing going on

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1 points badgeman-

I remember her from Lucky Luke

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1 points ofcourseivereddit

"Sara Bernhardt was a turn of the century theatre actress. Sandra Bernhardt ... is. I don't know. WHAT THE HELL"

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1 points Quiverjones

Like a cool photo you might have seen inside a 90s alternative music cd case.

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2 points PinkPrincessZoey

This is cool! Especially for the time period

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1 points Ja_Shi

🗿

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1 points BabyLegsOShanahan

Any relation to Sandra?

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11 points 67SummerofLove

Sandra Bernhard is not related to Sarah Bernhardt. To the ear they are for sure. To the eye, no longer. Yours Truly, Your personal fact checker……I remain.

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2 points BabyLegsOShanahan

I appreciate you!

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1 points punarob

I'm guessing no relation to Sandra, but sorta looks like her in the 2nd pic

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-2 points 67SummerofLove

See above ^

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1 points Shutitmofo123

Big… Mommy?

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-4 points ChicagoFaucet

Smash.

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-15 points _calidon_

An unfortunate looking woman, but packed with the intrepidness one could expect from an unsightly woman of that age.

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7 points candace_lily

Unfortunate and unsightly? The fuck? Are we looking at the same woman? And what are you smoking?

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