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Theda Bara

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

July 28, 1885

Died

April 7, 1955 (age 69)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Theodosia Burr Goodman

Theodosia Goodman

Theo DeCoppet

IMDb

Theda Bara

Biography

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.

Theda Bara: lost film fragments

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Known For

Destruction
Film

Destruction

Ferdinande Martin

1915

The Casting Couch
Film

The Casting Couch

1995

Kathleen Mavourneen
Film

Kathleen Mavourneen

Kathleen Mavourneen

1919

A Fool There Was
Film

A Fool There Was

The Vampire

1915

The Unchastened Woman
Film

The Unchastened Woman

Caroline Knollys

1925

Sin
Film

Sin

Rosa

1915

Gold and the Woman
Film

Gold and the Woman

Juliet DeCordova

1916

The Two Orphans
Film

The Two Orphans

Henriette

1915

The Vixen
Film

The Vixen

Elsie Drummond

1916

Cleopatra
Film

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1917

Madame du Barry
Film

Madame du Barry

Madame du Barry

1917

The She Devil
Film

The She Devil

Lolette

1918

When Men Desire
Film

When Men Desire

Marie Lohr

1919

The Darling of Paris
Film

The Darling of Paris

Esmeralda

1917

The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
Film

The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

Archival Footage

2006

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

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Self (archive footage)

2007

Kreutzer Sonata
Film

Kreutzer Sonata

Celia Friedlander

1915

Carmen
Film

Carmen

Carmen

1915

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Film

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Herself (archive footage)

2011

The Film Parade
Film

The Film Parade

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1933

Filmography

2011FilmFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Filmsas Herself (archive footage)2007FilmWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinemaas Self (archive footage)2006FilmThe Woman with the Hungry Eyesas Archival Footage1995FilmThe Casting Couch1939FilmThe Movies March Onas Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)1933FilmThe Film Paradeas (archive footage) (uncredited)1931FilmStars of Yesterdayas Self1926Film45 Minutes from Hollywoodas Herself1926FilmMadame Mysteryas Madame Mysterieux1925FilmThe Unchastened Womanas Caroline Knollys1919FilmLure of Ambitionas Olga Dolan1919FilmLa belle Russeas Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe1919FilmKathleen Mavourneenas Kathleen Mavourneen1919FilmA Woman There Wasas Princess Zara1919FilmThe Siren's Songas Marie Bernais1919FilmWhen Men Desireas Marie Lohr1919FilmThe Lightas Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne1918FilmThe She Devilas Lolette1918FilmWhen a Woman Sinsas Lilian Marchard / Poppea1918FilmSalomeas Salome1918FilmUnder the Yokeas Maria Valverda1918FilmThe Soul of Buddhaas Bava1918FilmThe Forbidden Pathas Mary Lynde1917FilmMadame du Barryas Madame du Barry1917FilmThe Rose Of Bloodas Lisza Tapenka1917FilmCleopatraas Cleopatra1917FilmCamilleas Marguerite Gautier1917FilmHeart and Soulas Jess1917FilmHer Greatest Loveas Vera Herbert1917FilmThe Tiger Womanas Princess Petrovitch1917FilmThe Darling of Parisas Esmeralda1916FilmThe Vixenas Elsie Drummond1916FilmRomeo and Julietas Juliet1916FilmHer Double Lifeas Mary Doone1916FilmUnder Two Flagsas Cigarette1916FilmEast Lynneas Lady Isabel Carlisle1916FilmThe Eternal Saphoas Laura Bruffins1916FilmGold and the Womanas Juliet DeCordova1916FilmThe Serpentas Vania Lazar1915FilmDestructionas Ferdinande Martin1915FilmThe Galley Slaveas Francesca Brabaut1915FilmCarmenas Carmen1915FilmSinas Rosa1915FilmThe Two Orphansas Henriette1915FilmLady Audley's Secretas Helen Talboys1915FilmThe Devil's Daughteras La Gioconda1915FilmThe Clemenceau Caseas Iza1915FilmKreutzer Sonataas Celia Friedlander1915FilmA Fool There Wasas The Vampire1914FilmThe Stainas Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)