Duse, Eleonora (d
`zə, Ital. ālāōnô`rä d`zā), 1859–1924, Italian actress. From a theatrical family, she made a successful appearance at 14 as Juliet and in 1879 gained recognition in Emilé Zola's Thérèse Raquin. In 1893, in New York and London, her portrayal of Dumas's La Dame aux camélias was extraordinarily sensitive and deep. With her portrayal in 1895, in Paris, of Magda in Hermann Sudermann's Heimat, she became the only rival of Sarah Bernhardt. Bernhardt, Sarah (bûrn`härt, Fr. bĕrnär`), 1844–1923, stage name of Rosine Bernard, French actress, b. Paris.
..... Click the link for more information. For some years a romantic attachment existed between Duse and the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio D'Annunzio, Gabriele (gäbrēĕ`lā dän-n
..... Click the link for more information. , whose plays she was often the first to present and champion. She appeared in the film Cenere (1916), which she also directed. A great interpreter of Ibsen, she made her farewell appearance (1923) in his Lady from the Sea in New York. Duse's acting was characterized by simplicity, subtlety, and a lack of theatrical artifice. She excelled in emotional parts, and her dramatic power, however restrained, was tremendous in its effect. A slender woman of melancholy appearance, she was an independent and enigmatic personality who disdained publicity.
(born Oct. 3, 1858, near or in Vigevano, Lombardy, Austrian Empire—died April 21, 1924, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.) Italian actress. Born into a family of touring actors, she appeared on stage from age four. She acted in several French plays to great acclaim from 1878 and toured with her own company in Europe and the U.S. after 1885. She fell in love with the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio in the 1890s and acted in several plays he wrote for her. Unlike her contemporary Sarah Bernhardt, she did not try to project her own personality but instead sought to lose herself in her characters. The most fluent and expressive actress of her day, she was especially noted for her roles in Henrik Ibsen's plays. She retired in 1909 but returned to the stage in 1921 and was touring the U.S. when she died.
`zə, Ital. ālāōnô`rä d`zā), 1859–1924, Italian actress. From a theatrical family, she made a successful appearance at 14 as Juliet and in 1879 gained recognition in Emilé Zola's Thérèse Raquin. In 1893, in New York and London, her portrayal of Dumas's La Dame aux camélias was extraordinarily sensitive and deep. With her portrayal in 1895, in Paris, of Magda in Hermann Sudermann's Heimat, she became the only rival of Sarah Bernhardt. Bernhardt, Sarah (bûrn`härt, Fr. bĕrnär`), 1844–1923, stage name of Rosine Bernard, French actress, b. Paris...... Click the link for more information. For some years a romantic attachment existed between Duse and the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio D'Annunzio, Gabriele (gäbrēĕ`lā dän-n
..... Click the link for more information. , whose plays she was often the first to present and champion. She appeared in the film Cenere (1916), which she also directed. A great interpreter of Ibsen, she made her farewell appearance (1923) in his Lady from the Sea in New York. Duse's acting was characterized by simplicity, subtlety, and a lack of theatrical artifice. She excelled in emotional parts, and her dramatic power, however restrained, was tremendous in its effect. A slender woman of melancholy appearance, she was an independent and enigmatic personality who disdained publicity.
Bibliography
See biographies by J. Stubbs (1971), E. Le Gallienne (1966), W. Weaver (1984), and H. Sheehy (2003).
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(credit: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)
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