Theda Bara

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Female

Birthday

1885-07-28

Day of death

1955-04-07 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.

Known For

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

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • Madame Mystery

    Madame Mystery

  • Carmen

    Carmen

  • The Serpent

    The Serpent

  • Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

  • The Light

    The Light

  • The Forbidden Path

    The Forbidden Path

  • Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

  • The Movies March On

    The Movies March On

  • 45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

  • Salome

    Salome

  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • A Woman There Was

    A Woman There Was

  • Stars of Yesterday

    Stars of Yesterday

  • The Tiger Woman

    The Tiger Woman

  • Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

  • The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

  • The Siren's Song

    The Siren's Song

  • The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

  • The Stain

    The Stain

  • The Vixen

    The Vixen

  • When Men Desire

    When Men Desire

  • The She Devil

    The She Devil

  • When a Woman Sins

    When a Woman Sins

  • La belle Russe

    La belle Russe

  • A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

  • Kreutzer Sonata

    Kreutzer Sonata

  • The Darling of Paris

    The Darling of Paris

  • Sin

    Sin

  • The Galley Slave

    The Galley Slave

  • Heart and Soul

    Heart and Soul

  • Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

  • The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

  • Destruction

    Destruction

  • East Lynne

    East Lynne

  • Her Double Life

    Her Double Life

  • The Rose Of Blood

    The Rose Of Blood

  • Camille

    Camille

  • The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Her Greatest Love

    Her Greatest Love

  • Gold and the Woman

    Gold and the Woman

  • Lure of Ambition

    Lure of Ambition

  • Lady Audley's Secret

    Lady Audley's Secret

  • The Eternal Sapho

    The Eternal Sapho

  • The Two Orphans

    The Two Orphans

  • The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case