Theda Bara
| First Name | Theda |
| Last Name | Bara |
| Full Name at Birth | Theodosia Burr Goodman |
| Age | 69 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | July 29, 1885 |
| Birthplace | Cincinatti, Ohio |
| Date of Death | April 7, 1955 |
| Location of Death | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of Death | stomach cancer |
| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm) |
| Build | Average |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation Category | Actress |
| Claim to Fame | Original Vamp |
Theda Bara (July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955), born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was an American silent film actress - one of the most popular of her era, and one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp" (short for vampire). The term "vamp" soon became a popular slang term for a sexually predatory woman. Bara, Valeska Suratt, and Musidora popularized the vamp persona in the early years of silent film and spawned imitators like Virginia Pearson, Rosemary Theby, Louise Glaum, Nita Naldi and Pola Negri.
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Filmography
Selected Theda Bara film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
1926
Madame Mystery
Madame Mysterieux
1925
The Unchastened Woman
Caroline Knollys
1921
The Prince of Silence
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1919
A Woman There Was
Princess Zara
1919
La belle Russe
Fleurette Sackton/La Belle Russe
1919
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen
1919
Light, The
Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
1919
Lure of Ambition, The
Olga Dolan
1919
The Siren's Song
Marie Bernais
1919
When Men Desire
Marie Lohr
1918
The Forbidden Path
Mary Lynde
1918
The Soul of Buddha
Bava
1918
When a Woman Sins
Lilian Marchard, Poppea
1917
Camille
Marguerite Gautier
1917
Madame Du Barry
Madame Du Barry
1917
Heart and Soul
Jess
1917
Her Greatest Love
Vera Herbert
1917
The Tiger Woman
Princess Petrovitch
1916
East Lynne
Lady Isabel Carlisle
1916
The Serpent
Vania Lazar
1916
The Vixen
Elsie Drummond
1916
Gold and the Woman
Juliet DeCordova
1916
Her Double Life
Mary Doone
1916
Under Two Flags
Cigarette
1915
Carmen
Carmen
1915
Destruction
Ferdinande Martin
1915
Kreutzer Sonata
Celia Friedlander
1915
Lady Audley's Secret
Helen Talboys
1915
Sin
Rosa
1915
The Two Orphans
Henriette
1915
Siren of Hell
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1914
The Stain
Gang moll
Writer Credits
1918
The Soul of Buddha
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