Lou Tellegen (born Isidor Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen, November
26, 1881 â€" October 29, 1934) was a Dutch-born stage and film actor,
film director and screenwriter.Tellegen was the illegitimate child of
a separated, but not divorced, lieutenant of the West-Indian Army
Isidore Louis Bernard Edmon Tellegen (1836â€"1902) and his partner
Anna Maria van Dommelen (1844-1917), widow of Eduard Hendrik Jan Storm
van 's Gravezande.He made his stage debut in Amsterdam in 1903, and
over the next few years built a reputation to the point where he was
invited to perform in Paris, eventually co-starring in several roles
with Sarah Bernhardt, with whom he was involved romantically. In 1910,
he made his motion picture debut alongside Bernhardt in La dame aux
camélias, a silent film made in France based on the play by Alexandre
Dumas, fils.In 1910, he and Bernhardt travelled to the United States,
where The New York Times first published, and then retracted, the
announcement of their impending marriage. (She was 37 years his
senior.) Back in France, in 1912 they made their second film together,
Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (Queen Elizabeth), and the following
year, Adrienne Lecouvreur. The latter is considered a lost film.
26, 1881 â€" October 29, 1934) was a Dutch-born stage and film actor,
film director and screenwriter.Tellegen was the illegitimate child of
a separated, but not divorced, lieutenant of the West-Indian Army
Isidore Louis Bernard Edmon Tellegen (1836â€"1902) and his partner
Anna Maria van Dommelen (1844-1917), widow of Eduard Hendrik Jan Storm
van 's Gravezande.He made his stage debut in Amsterdam in 1903, and
over the next few years built a reputation to the point where he was
invited to perform in Paris, eventually co-starring in several roles
with Sarah Bernhardt, with whom he was involved romantically. In 1910,
he made his motion picture debut alongside Bernhardt in La dame aux
camélias, a silent film made in France based on the play by Alexandre
Dumas, fils.In 1910, he and Bernhardt travelled to the United States,
where The New York Times first published, and then retracted, the
announcement of their impending marriage. (She was 37 years his
senior.) Back in France, in 1912 they made their second film together,
Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (Queen Elizabeth), and the following
year, Adrienne Lecouvreur. The latter is considered a lost film.
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