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She looks like Sarah Bernhardt it should be her project.


Perhaps with Anne Hathaway?

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At first I thought you meant Sandra Bernhard and I was about to tell you that you were blind. LOL... then I realized you meant Sarah Bernhardt, the great early 20th century actress. You are right, she does look like her.

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That was a project in the mid 70's with Ken Russell.To bad she tried to take control and waited 2 years before showing a real interest.

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This has come up from time to time in the past 20-30 years, but I've always failed to see a resemblance between the two. Everyone says they look alike, but I'm not seeing it.

I prefer fantasy over reality TV - like Fox News. - B.Streisand







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It's not so much they look alike but they have similar style and essence and grandeur . Ken Russell's Ideas were fantastic.He sent a brief outline which consisted in order of scene by scene by scene. It begins toward the end of her outrageous life,an old, one legged actress, preparing to go on stage for possibly her final curtain. Flash backs Includes her most memorable performance,CAMILLE. After we witness some highlights from her travels. A performance in Texas, in a tent, that was blown away by a storm.It ended with her back in her dressing room, dressed with heavily applied cracked ,make up made up to appear young, struggling to crawl on stage to perform her role of her life time, a beautiful young woman on the thresh hold of life. She was a fool to keep Russell hanging for two years. By the way Ken wrote this in 1973. He heard Nothing until 1975. She,unbeknownst to Russell, had a script written, payed for by her, based on the outline Ken wrote.He had to explain to her that too much time was spent waiting and lost interest, besides directing someone else's script. She then tried suing him, she lost.

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