Sarah Bernhardt
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Sarah Bernhardt was a legendary 19th- and early 20th-century French stage actress, often called "the Divine Sarah," renowned worldwide for her dramatic roles and charismatic performances.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarah Bernhardt canonical | 16 |
| Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda | 1 |
| Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1677731 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sarah Bernhardt Context triple: [Père Lachaise Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Sarah Bernhardt]
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A.
Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Duse was a renowned Italian stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for her naturalistic acting style and emotional intensity.
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B.
Isabelle Ferrer
Isabelle Ferrer is a French woman best known for being the former wife of legendary footballer and actor Eric Cantona.
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C.
Judith Anderson
Judith Anderson was an acclaimed Australian-born actress renowned for her powerful stage and screen performances, including her iconic role as Mrs. Danvers in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca."
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D.
Esther Franz
Esther Franz is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "The Price," serving as Victor Franz's pragmatic and often conflicted wife whose perspectives highlight the play's themes of sacrifice, regret, and marital strain.
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E.
Nina Foch
Nina Foch was a Dutch-born American actress known for her poised, often aristocratic roles in classic Hollywood films and for her work as a respected acting teacher.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sarah Bernhardt Target entity description: Sarah Bernhardt was a legendary 19th- and early 20th-century French stage actress, often called "the Divine Sarah," renowned worldwide for her dramatic roles and charismatic performances.
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A.
Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Duse was a renowned Italian stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for her naturalistic acting style and emotional intensity.
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B.
Isabelle Ferrer
Isabelle Ferrer is a French woman best known for being the former wife of legendary footballer and actor Eric Cantona.
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C.
Judith Anderson
Judith Anderson was an acclaimed Australian-born actress renowned for her powerful stage and screen performances, including her iconic role as Mrs. Danvers in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca."
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D.
Esther Franz
Esther Franz is a central character in Arthur Miller's play "The Price," serving as Victor Franz's pragmatic and often conflicted wife whose perspectives highlight the play's themes of sacrifice, regret, and marital strain.
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E.
Nina Foch
Nina Foch was a Dutch-born American actress known for her poised, often aristocratic roles in classic Hollywood films and for her work as a respected acting teacher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ theatre director ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awarded |
Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
surface form:
Legion of Honour
|
| birthName | Henriette-Rosine Bernard ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Père Lachaise Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
|
| causeOfDisability |
knee injury complications
ⓘ
leg amputation ⓘ |
| child | Maurice Bernhardt ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1844-10-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1923-03-26 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | often called the greatest actress of her century ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Conservatoire de Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
Comédie-Française
ⓘ
Odéon ⓘ
surface form:
Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
|
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| founded | Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt ⓘ |
| fullName | Sarah Bernhardt self-link ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Sarah ⓘ |
| hasPart | wooden prosthetic leg ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century theatre
ⓘ
modern acting techniques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
charismatic stage presence
ⓘ
early film performances ⓘ tragic roles ⓘ worldwide theatrical tours ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| movement | Belle Époque theatre ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
performed for soldiers during World War I
ⓘ
toured the United States multiple times ⓘ |
| notableNickname |
The Divine Sarah
ⓘ
surface form:
La Divine Sarah
The Divine Sarah ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gismonda
ⓘ
Hamlet ⓘ L’Aiglon ⓘ
surface form:
L'Aiglon
La Dame aux Camélias (novel) ⓘ
surface form:
La Dame aux Camélias
Lorenzaccio ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ
surface form:
Phèdre
Théodora ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| portrayed |
Hamlet
ⓘ
Joan of Arc ⓘ L’Aiglon ⓘ
surface form:
L'Aiglon (the Duke of Reichstadt)
Marguerite Gautier ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ
surface form:
Phèdre
|
| positionHeld | director of Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt ⓘ |
| relative | Maurice Bernhardt ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1860s–1920s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarah Bernhardt Description of subject: Sarah Bernhardt was a legendary 19th- and early 20th-century French stage actress, often called "the Divine Sarah," renowned worldwide for her dramatic roles and charismatic performances.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eleonora Duse
this entity surface form:
Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda
this entity surface form:
Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier