Theda Bara

Theda Bara

1885-07-28 – 1955-04-07 (age 69) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Biography

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Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman, July 29, 1885 โ€“ April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress.

Bara was one of the most popular actresses of the silent era, and one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname The Vamp (short for vampire). Bara made more than 40 films between 1914 and 1926, but most are now lost because the 1937 Fox vault fire destroyed most of her films.

After her marriage to Charles Brabin in 1921, she made two more feature films and retired from acting in 1926, having never appeared in a sound film.

Bara died of stomach cancer in 1955 at the age of 69.

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Known For

The Light
The Light

1919

as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne

A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was

1915

as The Vampire

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

as Herself (archive footage)

Cleopatra
Cleopatra

1917

as Cleopatra

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Destruction
Destruction

1915

as Ferdinande Martin

The Unchastened Woman
The Unchastened Woman

1925

as Caroline Knollys

The Film Parade
The Film Parade

1933

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sin
Sin

1915

as Rosa

The Rose Of Blood
The Rose Of Blood

1917

as Lisza Tapenka

The Casting Couch
45 Minutes from Hollywood
The Vixen
The Vixen

1916

as Elsie Drummond

The Stain
The Stain

1914

as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)

Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen

1919

as Kathleen Mavourneen

Madame du Barry
Madame du Barry

1917

as Madame du Barry

The Devil's Daughter
The Devil's Daughter

1915

as La Gioconda

The Clemenceau Case
Salome
Salome

1918

as Salome

The Soul of Buddha