Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Acting

Birthday

1885/07/28

Day of death

1955/04/07 (69 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Also know 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, s...Read more

Acting
Kathleen Mavourneen
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(1919) Kathleen Mavourneen

as Kathleen Mavourneen

La belle Russe
0.0

(1919) La belle Russe

as Fleurette Sackton / La Belle Russe

The Two Orphans
0.0

(1915) The Two Orphans

as Henriette

The Devil's Daughter
0.0

(1915) The Devil's Daughter

as La Gioconda

Gold and the Woman
0.0

(1916) Gold and the Woman

as Juliet DeCordova

Lady Audley's Secret
0.0

(1915) Lady Audley's Secret

as Helen Talboys

The Clemenceau Case
1.0

(1915) The Clemenceau Case

as Iza

Her Double Life
0.0

(1916) Her Double Life

as Mary Doone

The Tiger Woman
5.0

(1917) The Tiger Woman

as Princess Petrovitch

Her Greatest Love
1.0

(1917) Her Greatest Love

as Vera Herbert

Lure of Ambition
0.0

(1919) Lure of Ambition

as Olga Dolan

The Light
0.0

(1919) The Light

as Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne

Camille
0.0

(1917) Camille

as Marguerite Gautier

Heart and Soul
0.0

(1917) Heart and Soul

as Jess

The Forbidden Path
0.0

(1918) The Forbidden Path

as Mary Lynde

A Fool There Was
5.2

(1915) A Fool There Was

as The Vampire

Cleopatra
4.2

(1917) Cleopatra

as Cleopatra

45 Minutes from Hollywood
5.0

(1926) 45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Herself

Salome
7.0

(1918) Salome

as Salome

Stars of Yesterday
0.0

(1931) Stars of Yesterday

as Self

The Unchastened Woman
5.3

(1925) The Unchastened Woman

as Caroline Knollys

East Lynne
4.6

(1916) East Lynne

as Lady Isabel Carlisle

Romeo and Juliet
0.0

(1916) Romeo and Juliet

as Juliet

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
9.0

(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Herself (archive footage)

The Darling of Paris
0.0

(1917) The Darling of Paris

as Esmeralda

The Eternal Sapho
0.0

(1916) The Eternal Sapho

as Laura Bruffins

The She Devil
0.0

(1918) The She Devil

as Lolette

A Woman There Was
0.0

(1919) A Woman There Was

as Princess Zara

The Vixen
0.0

(1916) The Vixen

as Elsie Drummond

Madame Mystery
5.6

(1926) Madame Mystery

as Madame Mysterieux

Carmen
6.0

(1915) Carmen

as Carmen

The Siren's Song
0.0

(1919) The Siren's Song

as Marie Bernais

When Men Desire
0.0

(1919) When Men Desire

as Marie Lohr

The Film Parade
0.0

(1933) The Film Parade

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

When a Woman Sins
1.0

(1918) When a Woman Sins

as Lilian Marchard / Poppea

The Rose Of Blood
0.0

(1917) The Rose Of Blood

as Lisza Tapenka

Under the Yoke
0.0

(1918) Under the Yoke

as Maria Valverda

Madame du Barry
7.0

(1917) Madame du Barry

as Madame du Barry

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.9

(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Destruction
1.0

(1915) Destruction

as Ferdinande Martin

Under Two Flags
0.0

(1916) Under Two Flags

as Cigarette

The Movies March On
3.5

(1939) The Movies March On

as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)

The Stain
0.0

(1914) The Stain

as Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)

Sin
0.0

(1915) Sin

as Rosa

The Soul of Buddha
0.0

(1918) The Soul of Buddha

as Bava

The Woman with the Hungry Eyes
6.0

(2006) The Woman with the Hungry Eyes

as Archival Footage

The Serpent
0.0

(1916) The Serpent

as Vania Lazar

The Galley Slave
0.0

(1915) The Galley Slave

as Francesca Brabaut

Kreutzer Sonata
3.5

(1915) Kreutzer Sonata

as Celia Friedlander