Acting
Theda Bara
Born July 28, 1885 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · Died April 7, 1955
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
5.7
A Fool There Was
The Vampire
5.4
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Herself
6.0
The Unchastened Woman
Caroline Knollys
6.6
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
5.6
East Lynne
Lady Isabel Carlisle
6.5 TMDB
Madame Mystery
Madame Mysterieux
4.3 TMDB
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
6.0
Kreutzer Sonata
Celia Friedlander
2.7
The Casting Couch
1995 · Movie
1.0 TMDB
The Clemenceau Case
Iza
1.0 TMDB
Her Greatest Love
Vera Herbert
1.0 TMDB
When a Woman Sins
Lilian Marchard / Poppea
7.3
Destruction
Ferdinande Martin
5.2 TMDB
The Movies March On
Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
6.0 TMDB
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
Archival Footage
5.8
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen
5.8
The Tiger Woman
Princess Petrovitch
7.0 TMDB
The Light
Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
10.0 TMDB
Lure of Ambition
Olga Dolan
6.5
Salome
Salome
Filmography
- 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHerself (archive footage)Movie
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2006The Woman with the Hungry EyesArchival FootageMovie
- 1995The Casting CouchMovie
- 1939The Movies March OnSelf - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)Movie
- 1933The Film Parade(archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
- 1931Stars of YesterdaySelfMovie
- 192645 Minutes from HollywoodHerselfMovie
- 1926Madame MysteryMadame MysterieuxMovie
- 1925The Unchastened WomanCaroline KnollysMovie
- 1919Lure of AmbitionOlga DolanMovie
- 1919La belle RusseFleurette Sackton / La Belle RusseMovie
- 1919Kathleen MavourneenKathleen MavourneenMovie
- 1919A Woman There WasPrincess ZaraMovie
- 1919The Siren's SongMarie BernaisMovie
- 1919When Men DesireMarie LohrMovie
- 1919The LightBlanchette Dumond, aka Madame LefresneMovie
- 1918The She DevilLoletteMovie
- 1918When a Woman SinsLilian Marchard / PoppeaMovie
- 1918SalomeSalomeMovie
- 1918Under the YokeMaria ValverdaMovie
- 1918The Soul of BuddhaBava, StoryMovie
- 1918The Forbidden PathMary LyndeMovie
- 1917Madame du BarryMadame du BarryMovie
- 1917The Rose Of BloodLisza TapenkaMovie
- 1917CleopatraCleopatraMovie
- 1917CamilleMarguerite GautierMovie
- 1917Heart and SoulJessMovie
- 1917Her Greatest LoveVera HerbertMovie
- 1917The Tiger WomanPrincess PetrovitchMovie
- 1917The Darling of ParisEsmeraldaMovie
- 1916The VixenElsie DrummondMovie
- 1916Romeo and JulietJulietMovie
- 1916Her Double LifeMary DooneMovie
- 1916Under Two FlagsCigaretteMovie
- 1916East LynneLady Isabel CarlisleMovie
- 1916The Eternal SaphoLaura BruffinsMovie
- 1916Gold and the WomanJuliet DeCordovaMovie
- 1916The SerpentVania LazarMovie
- 1915DestructionFerdinande MartinMovie
- 1915The Galley SlaveFrancesca BrabautMovie
- 1915CarmenCarmenMovie
- 1915SinRosaMovie
- 1915The Two OrphansHenrietteMovie
- 1915Lady Audley's SecretHelen TalboysMovie
- 1915The Devil's DaughterLa GiocondaMovie
- 1915The Clemenceau CaseIzaMovie
- 1915Kreutzer SonataCelia FriedlanderMovie
- 1915A Fool There WasThe VampireMovie
- 1914The StainGang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)Movie