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Sarah Bernhardt to "Spider-Man": Stars Injured on Stage

A banner for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" covers the front of the Foxwoods Theater in New York. AP Photo/Kathy Willens

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Stunt actor Christopher Tierney is reportedly out of intensive care and walking again, after suffering serious injuries during a performance of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" earlier this month.

The injury - the fourth suffered by an actor in that Broadway production - led to concern from other actors and speculation that the show's stunts may be too dangerous.

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But the beleaguered show isn't the first where actors have gotten hurt. Here's a tally of some other serious onstage accidents, on Broadway and off:

-Legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt hurt her knee jumping off a parapet in a 1905 performance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The leg never healed properly and was amputated 10 years later.

-Mary Martin, who was hoisted on a wire as Peter Pan, once broke her elbow slamming into a concrete wall during a rehearsal. "It was like a cannon shot," she said in a 1989 interview.

-Nathan Lane fell through a trap door while starring in "The Frogs" at Lincoln Center in 2004 and missed a show with bruised and gashed legs.

-Idina Menzel fractured a rib falling through a trap door in a 2005 performance of "Wicked" on Broadway.

-Also in 2005, Christina Applegate broke her foot during out-of-town previews for "Sweet Charity."

-In February 2009, Kathleen Turner injured her knee while performing in an off-Broadway comedy called "The Third Story." She returned to the production with a leg brace and a cane.

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