Theda Bara
American actress (1885-1955) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 69
Theda Bara was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "the Vamp", later fueling the rising popularity in "vamp" roles based in exoticism and sexual domination.
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1955Died7 April 19551939
The Movies March OnFilm1933
The Film ParadeFilm, (archive footage) (uncredited)1931
Stars of YesterdayFilm1925
The Unchastened WomanFilm, Caroline Knollys1919
A Woman There WasFilm, Princess Zara1918
SalomeFilm, Salome1917
CleopatraFilm, Cleopatra1916
East LynneFilm, Lady Isabel Carlisle1915
A Fool There WasFilm, The Vampire1914
The StainFilm, Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)1885Born29 July 1885
The Movies March OnFilm1933The Film ParadeFilm, (archive footage) (uncredited)1931Stars of YesterdayFilm1925The Unchastened WomanFilm, Caroline Knollys1919A Woman There WasFilm, Princess Zara1918SalomeFilm, Salome1917CleopatraFilm, Cleopatra1916East LynneFilm, Lady Isabel Carlisle1915A Fool There WasFilm, The Vampire1914The StainFilm, Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)1885Born29 July 1885People around Theda
William Fox Produced Cleopatra, A Fool There Was and Salomé
Herbert Brenon Directed Sin and The Kreutzer Sonata
J. Gordon Edwards Directed Cleopatra and Salomé
Alan Roscoe Also in Cleopatra, Salomé and Camille
Raoul Walsh Directed Carmen, The Serpent and Siren of Hell
Frank Powell Directed A Fool There Was and The Stain
Stuart Holmes Also in The Clemenceau Case and East Lynne
Genevieve Blinn Also in Cleopatra and Madame du Barry
Hal Roach Produced 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
Bertram Bracken Directed The Eternal Sapho and East Lynne
Claire Whitney Also in Camille, East Lynne and Heart and Soul
G. Raymond Nye Also in Salomé, Under the Yoke and Salome
Glen White Also in Camille and Her Greatest Love
Stan Laurel Directed Madame Mystery (1926)
Warner Oland Also in The Eternal Sapho, Sin and Destruction
Herbert Heyes Also in Salomé, The Vixen and Under Two Flags
Walter Law Also in Camille and Her Greatest Love
Carl Harbaugh Also in Carmen and The Serpent
Alice Gale Also in Camille and Her Greatest Love
Oliver Hardy Also in 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
Charles Clary Also in The Rose of Blood and Madame Du Barry
Creighton Hale Also in A Fool There Was and The Stain
Dercy Gonçalves Influenced by Theda
Maude Turner Gordon Also in The Kreutzer Sonata and Kreutzer Sonata
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Bara in A Fool There Was (1915)
Advertisement for Destruction, December 24, 1915
Bara in The She-Devil (1918)
Manuel Rosenberg autographed sketch of fellow Cincinnatian, Theda Bara, 1921 The Cincinnati Post
Bara with Charles Brabin, 1922
Romeo and Juliet (1916) with actors (from left): Helen Tracy, Alice Gale, Bara, and Edward Holt
Bara with Alan Roscoe in Camille (1917)Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1955 · aged 69
