"The Great Sarah Bernhardt Asleep in Her Coffin, Silver gelatin print, circa 1882    Bernhardt (1844-1923) made her own funeral arrangements. She picked out her own coffin because she was going to ""sleep"" in it forever. She had it delivered to her home and regularly slept in it. In her 1907 autobiography she wrote, ""My bedroom was very tiny. The big bamboo bed took up all the room. In front of the window was my coffin, where I frequently installed myself to learn my lines."""
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