Theda Bara
Known For
Acting
Born
1885-07-28 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died
1955-04-07
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.
Most Known For
The Vixen
as Elsie Drummond
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Destruction
as Ferdinande Martin
The She Devil
as Lolette
Sin
as Rosa
Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Herself
A Fool There Was
as The Vampire
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
Madame du Barry
as Madame du Barry
Salome
as Salome
Kathleen Mavourneen
as Kathleen Mavourneen
Madame Mystery
as Madame Mysterieux
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
The Light
as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
The Forbidden Path
as Mary Lynde
The Devil's Daughter
as La Gioconda
Heart and Soul
as Jess
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Her Double Life
as Mary Doone