Sarah Bernhardt: The Actress Who Refused Retirement
At seventy, Sarah Bernhardt had her right leg amputated above the knee after a long-running injury worsened. She returned to the stage before the end of 1915, performed for French soldiers during the First World War, and appeared publicly with an artificial limb. Her own decision to choose the operation, followed by her rapid return to performance, is the episode's cold fact. 123
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