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Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Born: 1885-07-28 • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia

Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman, July 29, 1885 – 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.

Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films poster
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • Herself (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema poster
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 • Self (archive footage)
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes poster
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
2006 • Archival Footage
The Movies March On poster
The Movies March On
1939 • Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
The Film Parade poster
The Film Parade
1933 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stars of Yesterday poster
Stars of Yesterday
1931 • Self
45 Minutes from Hollywood poster
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 • Herself
Madame Mystery poster
Madame Mystery
1926 • Madame Mysterieux
The Unchastened Woman poster
The Unchastened Woman
1925 • Caroline Knollys
Lure of Ambition poster
Lure of Ambition
1919 • Olga Dolan
La belle Russe poster
La belle Russe
1919 • Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
Kathleen Mavourneen poster
Kathleen Mavourneen
1919 • Kathleen Mavourneen
A Woman There Was poster
A Woman There Was
1919 • Princess Zara
The Siren's Song poster
The Siren's Song
1919 • Marie Bernais
When Men Desire poster
When Men Desire
1919 • Marie Lohr
The Light poster
The Light
1919 • Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
The She Devil poster
The She Devil
1918 • Lolette
When a Woman Sins poster
When a Woman Sins
1918 • Lilian Marchard / Poppea
Salome poster
Salome
1918 • Salome
Under the Yoke poster
Under the Yoke
1918 • Maria Valverda
The Soul of Buddha poster
The Soul of Buddha
1918 • Bava
The Forbidden Path poster
The Forbidden Path
1918 • Mary Lynde
Madame du Barry poster
Madame du Barry
1917 • Madame du Barry
The Rose Of Blood poster
The Rose Of Blood
1917 • Lisza Tapenka
Cleopatra poster
Cleopatra
1917 • Cleopatra
Camille poster
Camille
1917 • Marguerite Gautier
Heart and Soul poster
Heart and Soul
1917 • Jess
Her Greatest Love poster
Her Greatest Love
1917 • Vera Herbert
The Tiger Woman poster
The Tiger Woman
1917 • Princess Petrovitch
The Darling of Paris poster
The Darling of Paris
1917 • Esmeralda
The Vixen poster
The Vixen
1916 • Elsie Drummond
Romeo and Juliet poster
Romeo and Juliet
1916 • Juliet
Her Double Life poster
Her Double Life
1916 • Mary Doone
Under Two Flags poster
Under Two Flags
1916 • Cigarette
East Lynne poster
East Lynne
1916 • Lady Isabel Carlisle
The Eternal Sapho poster
The Eternal Sapho
1916 • Laura Bruffins
Gold and the Woman poster
Gold and the Woman
1916 • Juliet DeCordova
The Serpent poster
The Serpent
1916 • Vania Lazar
Destruction poster
Destruction
1915 • Ferdinande Martin
The Galley Slave poster
The Galley Slave
1915 • Francesca Brabaut
Carmen poster
Carmen
1915 • Carmen
Sin poster
Sin
1915 • Rosa
The Two Orphans poster
The Two Orphans
1915 • Henriette
Lady Audley's Secret poster
Lady Audley's Secret
1915 • Helen Talboys
The Devil's Daughter poster
The Devil's Daughter
1915 • La Gioconda
The Clemenceau Case poster
The Clemenceau Case
1915 • Iza
Kreutzer Sonata poster
Kreutzer Sonata
1915 • Celia Friedlander
A Fool There Was poster
A Fool There Was
1915 • The Vampire
The Stain poster
The Stain
1914 • Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)