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Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Acting
28 Jul 1885
07 Apr 1955
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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...

Also Known As

Theodosia Burr Goodman, Theodosia Goodman, Theo DeCoppet

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