Theda Bara

Theda Bara

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

From Wikipedia

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 Woman with the Hungry Eyes
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

2006

as Archival Footage

Destruction
Destruction

1915

as Ferdinande Martin

A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was

1915

as The Vampire

Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen

1919

as Kathleen Mavourneen

The Casting Couch
Sin
Sin

1915

as Rosa

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
The Vixen
The Vixen

1916

as Elsie Drummond

Cleopatra
Cleopatra

1917

as Cleopatra

The Two Orphans
The Two Orphans

1915

as Henriette

The Darling of Paris
The Darling of Paris

1917

as Esmeralda

45 Minutes from Hollywood
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

as Herself (archive footage)

When Men Desire
When Men Desire

1919

as Marie Lohr

The She Devil
The She Devil

1918

as Lolette

Gold and the Woman
Gold and the Woman

1916

as Juliet DeCordova

The Devil's Daughter
The Devil's Daughter

1915

as La Gioconda

The Film Parade
The Film Parade

1933

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags

1916

as Cigarette

The Siren's Song
The Siren's Song

1919

as Marie Bernais