Theda Bara

Theda Bara

🎂 28th July 1885 (140 yrs) 📍 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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

🎬 Movies Featuring Theda Bara

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)

as Herself (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

as Self (archive footage)
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

The Woman with the Hungry Eyes (2006)

as Archival Footage
The Love Goddesses

The Love Goddesses (1965)

as (Archive Footage)
The Movies March On

The Movies March On (1939)

as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
The Film Parade

The Film Parade (1933)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stars of Yesterday

Stars of Yesterday (1931)

as Self
45 Minutes from Hollywood

45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)

as Herself
Madame Mystery

Madame Mystery (1926)

as Madame Mysterieux
The Unchastened Woman

The Unchastened Woman (1925)

as Caroline Knollys
Lure of Ambition

Lure of Ambition (1919)

as Olga Dolan
La belle Russe

La belle Russe (1919)

as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
Kathleen Mavourneen

Kathleen Mavourneen (1919)

as Kathleen Mavourneen
A Woman There Was

A Woman There Was (1919)

as Princess Zara
The Siren's Song

The Siren's Song (1919)

as Marie Bernais
When Men Desire

When Men Desire (1919)

as Marie Lohr
The Light

The Light (1919)

as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
The She Devil

The She Devil (1918)

as Lolette
When a Woman Sins

When a Woman Sins (1918)

as Lilian Marchard / Poppea
Salome

Salome (1918)

as Salome
Under the Yoke

Under the Yoke (1918)

as Maria Valverda
The Soul of Buddha

The Soul of Buddha (1918)

as Bava
The Forbidden Path

The Forbidden Path (1918)

as Mary Lynde
Madame du Barry

Madame du Barry (1917)

as Madame du Barry
The Rose Of Blood

The Rose Of Blood (1917)

as Lisza Tapenka
Cleopatra

Cleopatra (1917)

as Cleopatra
Camille

Camille (1917)

as Marguerite Gautier
Heart and Soul

Heart and Soul (1917)

as Jess
Her Greatest Love

Her Greatest Love (1917)

as Vera Herbert
The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman (1917)

as Princess Petrovitch
The Darling of Paris

The Darling of Paris (1917)

as Esmeralda
The Vixen

The Vixen (1916)

as Elsie Drummond
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1916)

as Juliet
Her Double Life

Her Double Life (1916)

as Mary Doone
Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags (1916)

as Cigarette
East Lynne

East Lynne (1916)

as Lady Isabel Carlisle
The Eternal Sapho

The Eternal Sapho (1916)

as Laura Bruffins
Gold and the Woman

Gold and the Woman (1916)

as Juliet DeCordova
The Serpent

The Serpent (1916)

as Vania Lazar
Destruction

Destruction (1915)

as Ferdinande Martin
The Galley Slave

The Galley Slave (1915)

as Francesca Brabaut
Carmen

Carmen (1915)

as Carmen
Sin

Sin (1915)

as Rosa
The Two Orphans

The Two Orphans (1915)

as Henriette
Lady Audley's Secret

Lady Audley's Secret (1915)

as Helen Talboys
The Devil's Daughter

The Devil's Daughter (1915)

as La Gioconda
The Clemenceau Case

The Clemenceau Case (1915)

as Iza
Kreutzer Sonata

Kreutzer Sonata (1915)

as Celia Friedlander
A Fool There Was

A Fool There Was (1915)

as The Vampire
The Stain

The Stain (1914)

as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)