P.T. Barnum didn't have this actress' leg to stand on when she refused his $10,000 offer for it
right: Wrong: Triple... [DOC] [TLE] Sarah Bernhardt | Biography | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt ... [PAR] She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the ... After his 
death in 1928, the theatre retained the name Sarah Bernhardt until the ... refused 
a $10,000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical 
curiosity (while P.T.