Theda Bara
Known for
Acting
Born
July 28, 1885
Birthplace
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died
April 7, 1955 (aged 69)
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.
Best known work
A Fool There Was
1915
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
The Unchastened Woman
1925
Cleopatra
1917
East Lynne
1916
Madame Mystery
1926
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Kreutzer Sonata
1915
The Casting Couch
1995
The Clemenceau Case
1915Filmography
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Filmsas Herself (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinemaas Self (archive footage)
2006
The Woman with the Hungry Eyesas Archival Footage
1995
1939
The Movies March Onas Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
1933
The Film Paradeas (archive footage) (uncredited)
1931
Stars of Yesterdayas Self
1926
45 Minutes from Hollywoodas Herself
1926
Madame Mysteryas Madame Mysterieux
1925
The Unchastened Womanas Caroline Knollys
1919
Lure of Ambitionas Olga Dolan
1919
La belle Russeas Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
1919
Kathleen Mavourneenas Kathleen Mavourneen
1919
A Woman There Wasas Princess Zara
1919
The Siren's Songas Marie Bernais
1919
When Men Desireas Marie Lohr
1919
The Lightas Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
1918
The She Devilas Lolette
1918
When a Woman Sinsas Lilian Marchard / Poppea
1918
Salomeas Salome
1918
Under the Yokeas Maria Valverda
1918
The Soul of Buddhaas Bava, Story
1918
The Forbidden Pathas Mary Lynde
1917
Madame du Barryas Madame du Barry
1917
The Rose Of Bloodas Lisza Tapenka