Theda Bara
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Theda Bara
Filmography
Acting (50)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Filmsas Herself (archive footage)
9.0
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinemaas Self (archive footage)
4.3
2006
The Woman with the Hungry Eyesas Archival Footage
6.0
8.3
1939
The Movies March Onas Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
5.3
1933
The Film Paradeas (archive footage) (uncredited)
8.0
1931
Stars of Yesterdayas Self
9.0
1926
45 Minutes from Hollywoodas Herself
5.3
1926
Madame Mysteryas Madame Mysterieux
6.5
1925
The Unchastened Womanas Caroline Knollys
5.1
1919
Lure of Ambitionas Olga Dolan
10.0
1919
La belle Russeas Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe
1919
Kathleen Mavourneenas Kathleen Mavourneen
9.0
1919
A Woman There Wasas Princess Zara
8.0
1919
The Siren's Songas Marie Bernais
9.0
1919
When Men Desireas Marie Lohr
10.0
1919
The Lightas Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
7.0
1918
The She Devilas Lolette
1918
When a Woman Sinsas Lilian Marchard / Poppea
1.0
1918
Salomeas Salome
7.0
1918
Under the Yokeas Maria Valverda
1918
The Soul of Buddhaas Bava
1918
The Forbidden Pathas Mary Lynde
1917
Madame du Barryas Madame du Barry
7.0
1917
The Rose Of Bloodas Lisza Tapenka
1917
Cleopatraas Cleopatra
4.2
1917
Camilleas Marguerite Gautier
1917
Heart and Soulas Jess
1917
Her Greatest Loveas Vera Herbert
1.0
1917
The Tiger Womanas Princess Petrovitch
5.0
1917
The Darling of Parisas Esmeralda
1916
The Vixenas Elsie Drummond
1916
Romeo and Julietas Juliet
1916
Her Double Lifeas Mary Doone
1916
Under Two Flagsas Cigarette
1916
East Lynneas Lady Isabel Carlisle
4.6
1916
The Eternal Saphoas Laura Bruffins
1916
Gold and the Womanas Juliet DeCordova
1916
The Serpentas Vania Lazar
1915
Destructionas Ferdinande Martin
1.0
1915
The Galley Slaveas Francesca Brabaut
1915
Carmenas Carmen
6.0
1915
Sinas Rosa
1915
The Two Orphansas Henriette
1915
Lady Audley's Secretas Helen Talboys
1915
The Devil's Daughteras La Gioconda
1915
The Clemenceau Caseas Iza
1.0
1915
Kreutzer Sonataas Celia Friedlander
2.7
1915
A Fool There Wasas The Vampire
5.1
1914
The Stainas Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)
9.0
Production & Directing (1)
1918
The Soul of BuddhaStory