Secrets of history: Sarah Bernhardt, her life, her extravagance

Muse to the greatest artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the actress Sarah Bernhardt was both extravagant and eccentric. Fearless and daring, she traveled the world, from Australia to the American West.

She became the first star of an emerging art form, the cinematographer, and was at the origin of one of Hollywood major studios, Paramount.