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Victorien Sardou(1831-1908)

  • Writer
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Victorien Sardou was born on 5 September 1831 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Princess Romanoff (1915), Tosca (1956) and Cleopatra (1912). He was married to Marie Anne Corneille Soulié and Laurentine Éléonore Désirée de Moisson de Brécourt. He died on 8 November 1908 in Paris, France.
BornSeptember 5, 1831
DiedNovember 8, 1908(77)
BornSeptember 5, 1831
DiedNovember 8, 1908(77)
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Known for

Nance O'Neil in Princess Romanoff (1915)
Princess Romanoff
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1915
Tosca (1956)
Tosca
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1956
Helen Gardner in Cleopatra (1912)
Cleopatra
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1912
Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, and Merle Oberon in That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
That Uncertain Feeling
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1941

Credits

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Writer



  • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
    8.9
    TV Series
    • based on the play by
    • based on the play by: "La Tosca"
    • based on: play "La Tosca"
    • 2009–2023
  • Tosca (2020)
    Tosca
    Video
    • play
    • 2020
  • Tosca (2019)
    Tosca
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2019
  • Giordano: Fedora (2018)
    Giordano: Fedora
    Video
    • play
    • 2018
  • Fedora
    Video
    • play
    • 2016
  • John Wegner, Alexia Voulgaridou, and Yonghoon Lee in Tosca (2014)
    Tosca
    TV Movie
    • after
    • 2014
  • Madame Sans-Gêne (2011)
    Madame Sans-Gêne
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2011
  • Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, and Jonas Kaufmann in Tosca Live from the Royal Opera House (2011)
    Tosca Live from the Royal Opera House
    7.2
    • after
    • 2011
  • Tosca (2009)
    Tosca
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • after
    • 2009
  • Tosca
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • based on the play by
    • 2007
  • Fiorenza Cedolins in Tosca (2006)
    Tosca
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • drama by: "La Tosca"
    • 2006
  • Madame Sans-Gêne (2002)
    Madame Sans-Gêne
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2002
  • Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu in Tosca (2001)
    Tosca
    7.5
    • play "La Tosca"
    • 2001
  • Tosca (2000)
    Tosca
    TV Movie
    • drama: drawn from the drama by
    • 2000
  • Tosca: A Tale of Love and Torture
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2000

Personal details

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    • Académie
    • Encyclopedia
  • Alternative names
    • V. Sardou
  • Born
    • September 5, 1831
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • November 8, 1908
    • Paris, France(pulmonary congestion)
  • Spouses
      Marie Anne Corneille Soulié1872 - November 8, 1908 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote source material ("Les Ganaches") for "Progress", produced on Broadway [earliest known Broadway credit]. Melodrama. Adaption by T.W. Robertson. Wallack's Theatre: 27 Sep 1869-unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Charles Fisher (as "Arthur Mompesson"), W. Hield (as "Lord Mompesson"), Louisa Moore (as "Eva"), J.W. Wallack Jr. (as "John Ferne").
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    George Bernard Shaw, who thought little of Victorien Sardou's plays, loved to refer to Sardou's style as "Sardoodlism".

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