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

  • The Light

    The Light

  • Madame du Barry

    Madame du Barry

  • Salome

    Salome

  • The Forbidden Path

    The Forbidden Path

  • 45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

  • The Movies March On

    The Movies March On

  • A Woman There Was

    A Woman There Was

  • Under Two Flags

    Under Two Flags

  • Stars of Yesterday

    Stars of Yesterday

  • The Siren's Song

    The Siren's Song

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

    Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

  • Under the Yoke

    Under the Yoke

  • La belle Russe

    La belle Russe

  • The Vixen

    The Vixen

  • The She Devil

    The She Devil

  • The Tiger Woman

    The Tiger Woman

  • A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

  • The Devil's Daughter

    The Devil's Daughter

  • The Stain

    The Stain

  • The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

    The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

  • When Men Desire

    When Men Desire

  • The Unchastened Woman

    The Unchastened Woman

  • The Darling of Paris

    The Darling of Paris

  • The Galley Slave

    The Galley Slave

  • Kreutzer Sonata

    Kreutzer Sonata

  • Sin

    Sin

  • Heart and Soul

    Heart and Soul

  • The Soul of Buddha

    The Soul of Buddha

  • When a Woman Sins

    When a Woman Sins

  • Destruction

    Destruction

  • Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

  • Her Greatest Love

    Her Greatest Love

  • The Eternal Sapho

    The Eternal Sapho

  • The Rose Of Blood

    The Rose Of Blood

  • Lure of Ambition

    Lure of Ambition

  • Lady Audley's Secret

    Lady Audley's Secret

  • East Lynne

    East Lynne

  • Camille

    Camille

  • The Clemenceau Case

    The Clemenceau Case

  • Gold and the Woman

    Gold and the Woman

  • Her Double Life

    Her Double Life

  • The Two Orphans

    The Two Orphans

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet