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

  • Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

  • Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

  • 45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

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

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • Lady Audley's Secret

    Lady Audley's Secret

  • The Serpent

    The Serpent

  • Madame Mystery

    Madame Mystery

  • Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

  • Salome

    Salome

  • Carmen

    Carmen

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Light

    The Light

  • The Siren's Song

    The Siren's Song

  • Lure of Ambition

    Lure of Ambition

  • When Men Desire

    When Men Desire

  • The Forbidden Path

    The Forbidden Path

  • The Tiger Woman

    The Tiger Woman

  • Her Greatest Love

    Her Greatest Love

  • Kreutzer Sonata

    Kreutzer Sonata

  • A Woman There Was

    A Woman There Was

  • The Eternal Sapho

    The Eternal Sapho

  • La belle Russe

    La belle Russe

  • The Movies March On

    The Movies March On

  • The She Devil

    The She Devil

  • The Vixen

    The Vixen

  • A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

  • Stars of Yesterday

    Stars of Yesterday

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

  • The Darling of Paris

    The Darling of Paris

  • Destruction

    Destruction

  • The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • When a Woman Sins

    When a Woman Sins

  • Sin

    Sin

  • Gold and the Woman

    Gold and the Woman

  • The Rose Of Blood

    The Rose Of Blood

  • The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

  • The Two Orphans

    The Two Orphans

  • The Galley Slave

    The Galley Slave

  • Camille

    Camille

  • Heart and Soul

    Heart and Soul

  • The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

  • The Stain

    The Stain

  • Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

  • Her Double Life

    Her Double Life

  • East Lynne

    East Lynne

  • The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes