Theda Bara

Theda Bara

ActorWriter Jul 28 (died age 69) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1914–2011 (97 year career)
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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, s…

Known For

Filmography

Acting (49)

Movies (49)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

as Herself (archive footage)

9.0
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

2006

as Archival Footage

6.0
The Movies March On

The Movies March On

1939

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

3.5
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

5.2
Madame Mystery

Madame Mystery

1926

as Madame Mysterieux

5.6
The Unchastened Woman

The Unchastened Woman

1925

as Caroline Knollys

4.9
A Woman There Was

A Woman There Was

1919

as Princess Zara

When Men Desire

When Men Desire

1919

as Marie Lohr

The Light

The Light

1919

as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne

The Siren's Song

The Siren's Song

1919

as Marie Bernais

La belle Russe

La belle Russe

1919

as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe

Kathleen Mavourneen

Kathleen Mavourneen

1919

as Kathleen Mavourneen

Lure of Ambition

Lure of Ambition

1919

as Olga Dolan

Under the Yoke

Under the Yoke

1918

as Maria Valverda

The Forbidden Path

The Forbidden Path

1918

as Mary Lynde

Salome

Salome

1918

as Salome

7.0
When a Woman Sins

When a Woman Sins

1918

as Lilian Marchard / Poppea

1.0
The Soul of Buddha

The Soul of Buddha

1918

as Bava

The She Devil

The She Devil

1918

as Lolette

The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman

1917

as Princess Petrovitch

5.0
Madame du Barry

Madame du Barry

1917

as Madame du Barry

7.0
The Darling of Paris

The Darling of Paris

1917

as Esmeralda

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1917

as Cleopatra

4.2
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

1.0
The Rose Of Blood

The Rose Of Blood

1917

as Lisza Tapenka

The Vixen

The Vixen

1916

as Elsie Drummond

Gold and the Woman

Gold and the Woman

1916

as Juliet DeCordova

The Serpent

The Serpent

1916

as Vania Lazar

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

4.6
The Eternal Sapho

The Eternal Sapho

1916

as Laura Bruffins

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1916

as Juliet

The Devil's Daughter

The Devil's Daughter

1915

as La Gioconda

Lady Audley's Secret

Lady Audley's Secret

1915

as Helen Talboys

A Fool There Was

A Fool There Was

1915

as The Vampire

5.0
Kreutzer Sonata

Kreutzer Sonata

1915

as Celia Friedlander

2.7
Destruction

Destruction

1915

as Ferdinande Martin

1.0
Carmen

Carmen

1915

as Carmen

6.0
Sin

Sin

1915

as Rosa

The Two Orphans

The Two Orphans

1915

as Henriette

The Clemenceau Case

The Clemenceau Case

1915

as Iza

1.0
The Galley Slave

The Galley Slave

1915

as Francesca Brabaut

The Stain

The Stain

1914

as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)