What did Sarah bernhardt do?

Best known French Stage actress. some have argued with her world tour in New York around l887- that she was the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty- this is not so! Both Eiffel (tower-man) and Bartholdi ( sculptor) denied any use of Sarah as a model for the face of the Statue of Liberty. almost accidentally- also appearedin 90 second daguerrotype movies- so-called minute movies mass-produced, and related. Sarah Died in l923- before the advent of sound films- but did appear in silents such as historical dramas based on Queen Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, etc, these were made by Film D"art ( no translation necessary- films of art around maybe l9l2. Movie industry was tightly divided between crank-and-go short subjects- and feature films with some sit-down audience potential at the time. all films were silent running until l927 and this is after Sarah:s Death. For similar reasons, as far as is known Lillian Russell was never in movies- as a songstress, her talents wouldn"t go over well on silent screen.