Theda Bara

Acting

Theda Bara

Born July 28, 1885Cincinnati, Ohio, USA50 credits

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

Filmography

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)Movie
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
2006The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
as Archival FootageMovie
The Movies March On
1939The Movies March On
as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)Movie
The Film Parade
1933The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
Madame Mystery
1926Madame Mystery
as Madame MysterieuxMovie
The Unchastened Woman
1925The Unchastened Woman
as Caroline KnollysMovie
Lure of Ambition
1919Lure of Ambition
as Olga DolanMovie
La belle Russe
1919La belle Russe
as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle RusseMovie
Kathleen Mavourneen
1919Kathleen Mavourneen
as Kathleen MavourneenMovie
A Woman There Was
1919A Woman There Was
as Princess ZaraMovie
The Siren's Song
1919The Siren's Song
as Marie BernaisMovie
When Men Desire
1919When Men Desire
as Marie LohrMovie
The Light
1919The Light
as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame LefresneMovie
The She Devil
1918The She Devil
as LoletteMovie
When a Woman Sins
1918When a Woman Sins
as Lilian Marchard / PoppeaMovie
Salome
1918Salome
as SalomeMovie
Under the Yoke
1918Under the Yoke
as Maria ValverdaMovie
The Forbidden Path
1918The Forbidden Path
as Mary LyndeMovie
Madame du Barry
1917Madame du Barry
as Madame du BarryMovie
The Rose Of Blood
1917The Rose Of Blood
as Lisza TapenkaMovie
Cleopatra
1917Cleopatra
as CleopatraMovie
Camille
1917Camille
as Marguerite GautierMovie
Heart and Soul
1917Heart and Soul
as JessMovie
Her Greatest Love
1917Her Greatest Love
as Vera HerbertMovie
The Tiger Woman
1917The Tiger Woman
as Princess PetrovitchMovie
The Darling of Paris
1917The Darling of Paris
as EsmeraldaMovie
The Vixen
1916The Vixen
as Elsie DrummondMovie
Romeo and Juliet
1916Romeo and Juliet
as JulietMovie
Her Double Life
1916Her Double Life
as Mary DooneMovie
Under Two Flags
1916Under Two Flags
as CigaretteMovie
East Lynne
1916East Lynne
as Lady Isabel CarlisleMovie
The Eternal Sapho
1916The Eternal Sapho
as Laura BruffinsMovie
Gold and the Woman
1916Gold and the Woman
as Juliet DeCordovaMovie
The Serpent
1916The Serpent
as Vania LazarMovie
Destruction
1915Destruction
as Ferdinande MartinMovie
The Galley Slave
1915The Galley Slave
as Francesca BrabautMovie
Carmen
1915Carmen
as CarmenMovie
Sin
1915Sin
as RosaMovie
The Two Orphans
1915The Two Orphans
as HenrietteMovie
Lady Audley's Secret
1915Lady Audley's Secret
as Helen TalboysMovie
The Devil's Daughter
1915The Devil's Daughter
as La GiocondaMovie
Kreutzer Sonata
1915Kreutzer Sonata
as Celia FriedlanderMovie
A Fool There Was
1915A Fool There Was
as The VampireMovie
The Stain
1914The Stain
as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)Movie