Jacques Damala

Jacques Damala
Jane Hading (left) and Damala in the play Le Maître de Forges, c. 1883
Born	Aristides Damalas (1855-01-15)15 January 1855 Piraeus, Greece
Died	18 August 1889(1889-08-18) (aged 34) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1882–1889
Spouse	Sarah Bernhardt ​ (m. 1882)​
Children	1

Aristides Damalas (Greek: Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς, alternative spellings Aristidis or Aristide; 15 January 1855 – 18 August 1889), known in France by the stage name Jacques Damala, was a Greek military officer-turned-actor, and husband of Sarah Bernhardt in his last 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.