caption death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
'' the actors ' birthday book '' , 1908 16 september 1938 hollywood , california christian science metz , france 200px valerie bergere 8 february 1867 valerie bergere 2.jpg valerie bergere
 valerie zenobla de beaumont lieb actress
valerie bergere

valerie bergere -lrb- february 8 , 1867 -- september 16 , 1938 -rrb- , was a french-born american actress who had a near fifty year career in theatre and cinema .
she began in the chorus of a touring opera company before acting in repertory theatre productions for nearly a decade .
bergere rose to play leading roles , but found her true success in vaudeville where for some seventeen years she remained one of the top draws in variety theatre .
over her later years bergere also took on character roles in some twenty broadway and hollywood productions .
