Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889) was born on January 15, 1855.

January 15, 1855

Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889) was born on January 15, 1855.

Aristides Damalas, known in France by the stage name Jacques Damala, was a Greek military officer-turned-actor, who is mostly remembered as being husband to Sarah Bernhardt for a number of years. Damala's characterisation by modern researchers is far from positive. His handsomeness was as notable as his insolence and Don Juan quality. Writer Fredy Germanos describes him as an opportunistic and hedonistic person, whose marriage to the great diva would inevitably intensify and maximise his vices, namely, his vanity and obsession with women, alcohol, and drugs.