Theda Bara
Acting
- Born:
- 1885-07-28
- Died:
- 1955-04-07
- Place of birth:
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
The Casting Couch
The Movies March On
The Film Parade
Stars of Yesterday
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Madame Mystery
The Unchastened Woman
Lure of Ambition
La belle Russe
Kathleen Mavourneen
A Woman There Was
The Siren's Song
When Men Desire
The Light
The She Devil
When a Woman Sins
Salome
Under the Yoke
The Soul of Buddha
The Forbidden Path
Madame du Barry
The Rose Of Blood
Cleopatra
Camille
Heart and Soul
Her Greatest Love
The Tiger Woman
The Darling of Paris
The Vixen
Romeo and Juliet
Her Double Life
Under Two Flags
East Lynne
The Eternal Sapho
Gold and the Woman
The Serpent
Destruction
The Galley Slave
Carmen
Sin
The Two Orphans
Lady Audley's Secret
The Devil's Daughter
The Clemenceau Case
Kreutzer Sonata
A Fool There Was
The Stain