Acting
Theda Bara
EN, XX cinema · 50 credits
Born
28 July 1885
Died
7 April 1955 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also known as Theodosia Burr Goodman · Theodosia Goodman · Theo DeCoppet
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
as Herself (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
as Archival Footage
The Movies March On
as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Herself
Madame Mystery
as Madame Mysterieux
The Unchastened Woman
as Caroline Knollys
Kathleen Mavourneen
as Kathleen Mavourneen
La belle Russe
as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
The Light
as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
Lure of Ambition
as Olga Dolan
A Woman There Was
as Princess Zara
The Siren's Song
as Marie Bernais
When Men Desire
as Marie Lohr
The Forbidden Path
as Mary Lynde
Salome
as Salome
The She Devil
as Lolette
When a Woman Sins
as Lilian Marchard / Poppea
Under the Yoke
as Maria Valverda
The Soul of Buddha
as Bava, Story
The Tiger Woman
as Princess Petrovitch
Her Greatest Love
as Vera Herbert
Camille
as Marguerite Gautier
Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
The Darling of Paris
as Esmeralda
The Rose Of Blood
as Lisza Tapenka
Madame du Barry
as Madame du Barry
Gold and the Woman
as Juliet DeCordova
Her Double Life
as Mary Doone
East Lynne
as Lady Isabel Carlisle
Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet
The Eternal Sapho
as Laura Bruffins
The Vixen
as Elsie Drummond
Under Two Flags
as Cigarette
The Serpent
as Vania Lazar
The Devil's Daughter
as La Gioconda
Lady Audley's Secret
as Helen Talboys
The Two Orphans
as Henriette
A Fool There Was
as The Vampire
Carmen
as Carmen
Destruction
as Ferdinande Martin
Sin
as Rosa
The Galley Slave
as Francesca Brabaut
Kreutzer Sonata
as Celia Friedlander
The Stain
as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)