Theda Bara
Known for Acting · 50 credits
- Born
- 1885-07-28
- Died
- 1955-04-07
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Theodosia Burr Goodman · Theodosia Goodman · Theo DeCoppet
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
Carmen
1915
as Carmen
A Fool There Was
1915
as The Vampire
The Light
1919
as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Under the Yoke
1918
as Maria Valverda
Movies (50)
Carmen
1915
as Carmen
A Fool There Was
1915
as The Vampire
The Light
1919
as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Under the Yoke
1918
as Maria Valverda
Kreutzer Sonata
1915
as Celia Friedlander
Cleopatra
1917
as Cleopatra
Madame du Barry
1917
as Madame du Barry
Madame Mystery
1926
as Madame Mysterieux
The Rose Of Blood
1917
as Lisza Tapenka
The Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Camille
1917
as Marguerite Gautier
A Woman There Was
1919
as Princess Zara
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
as Herself
Kathleen Mavourneen
1919
as Kathleen Mavourneen
The Darling of Paris
1917
as Esmeralda
The Casting Couch
1995
The Serpent
1916
as Vania Lazar
Under Two Flags
1916
as Cigarette
The Forbidden Path
1918
as Mary Lynde
Her Greatest Love
1917
as Vera Herbert
Salome
1918
as Salome
East Lynne
1916
as Lady Isabel Carlisle
When Men Desire
1919
as Marie Lohr
The Galley Slave
1915
as Francesca Brabaut
When a Woman Sins
1918
as Lilian Marchard / Poppea
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
2006
as Archival Footage
The She Devil
1918
as Lolette
Her Double Life
1916
as Mary Doone
Heart and Soul
1917
as Jess
The Devil's Daughter
1915
as La Gioconda
Lure of Ambition
1919
as Olga Dolan
The Siren's Song
1919
as Marie Bernais
Sin
1915
as Rosa
The Tiger Woman
1917
as Princess Petrovitch
Romeo and Juliet
1916
as Juliet
The Clemenceau Case
1915
as Iza
The Eternal Sapho
1916
as Laura Bruffins
The Unchastened Woman
1925
as Caroline Knollys
The Vixen
1916
as Elsie Drummond
The Movies March On
1939
as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
Stars of Yesterday
1931
as Self
The Stain
1914
as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)
Lady Audley's Secret
1915
as Helen Talboys
The Soul of Buddha
1918
as Bava
La belle Russe
1919
as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
Destruction
1915
as Ferdinande Martin
The Two Orphans
1915
as Henriette
Gold and the Woman
1916
as Juliet DeCordova
About Theda Bara
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 acti… With 50 credits spanning from 1914 to 2011, Theda Bara has appeared in 50 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Carmen (1915) — as Carmen
- A Fool There Was (1915) — as The Vampire
- The Light (1919) — as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) — as Self (archive footage)
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011) — as Herself (archive footage)
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