Discipline: Literature

Nicole-Lise Bernheim

Discipline: Literature
Region: Paris, FRANCE
MacDowell Fellowships: 1981, 1993

Nicole-Lise Bernheim (1942-2003) was an actress, journalist, and writer. She was known for her acting roles in Les nanas (1985), L'homme fragile (1981), and Mon coeur est rouge (1976). She was the author of Mersonne ne m'aime (1978), written with Mireille Cardot. She had traveled a great deal in Asia, and brought back Japanese Seasons (Payot), Chambres d'ailleurs, Couleur cannelle (Arlee).

Studios

Sprague-Smith

Nicole-Lise Bernheim worked in the Sprague-Smith studio.

In January of 1976, the original Sprague-Smith Studio — built in 1915–1916 and funded by music students of Mrs. Charles Sprague-Smith of the Veltin School — was destroyed by fire. Redesigned by William Gnade, Sr., a Peterborough builder, the fieldstone structure was rebuilt the same year from the foundation up, reusing the original fieldstone. A few…

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