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Theda Bara (1885–1955)

Actress | Writer

According to the studio biography Theda Bara (anagram of "Arab Death") was born in the Sahara to a French artiste and his Egyptian concubine and possessed supernatural powers. In fact, her father was a Cincinnati tailor. By 1908 she appeared in Broadway's "The Devil" named Theodosia de Coppett... See full bio »

Born:

Theodosia Burr Goodman
in Avondale, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 69) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1926 Madame Mystery (short)
Madame Mysterieux
 
1925 The Unchastened Woman
Caroline Knollys
 
1921 The Prince of Silence
 
1919 The Lure of Ambition
Olga Dolan
 
1919 La belle Russe
Fleurette Sackton/La Belle Russe
 
1919 Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen
 
1919 A Woman There Was
Princess Zara
 
1919 The Siren's Song
Marie Bernais
 
1919 When Men Desire
Marie Lohr
 
1919 The Light
Blanchette Dumond, aka Madame Lefresne
 
1918 The She Devil
Lolette
 
1918 When a Woman Sins
Lilian Marchard / Poppea
 
1918 Salome
Salome
 
1918 Under the Yoke
Maria Valverda
 
1918 The Soul of Buddha
Bava
 
1918 The Forbidden Path
Mary Lynde
 
1917 Madame Du Barry
Madame Du Barry
 
1917 The Rose of Blood
Lisza Tapenka
 
1917 Cleopatra
Cleopatra
 
1917 Camille
Marguerite Gautier
 
1917 Heart and Soul
Jess
 
1917 Her Greatest Love
Vera Herbert
 
1917 The Tiger Woman
Princess Petrovitch
 
1917 The Darling of Paris
Esmaralda
 
1916 The Vixen
Elsie Drummond
 
1916/I Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
 
1916 Her Double Life
Mary Doone
 
1916 Under Two Flags
Cigarette
 
1916 East Lynne
Lady Isabel Carlisle
 
1916 The Eternal Sappho
Laura Bruffins
 
1916 Gold and the Woman
Juliet DeCordova
 
1916 The Serpent
Vania Lazar
 
1915 Destruction
Ferdinande Martin
 
1915 The Galley Slave
Francesca Brabaut
 
1915/II Carmen
Carmen
 
1915 Sin
Rosa
 
1915 The Two Orphans
Henriette
 
1915/I Lady Audley's Secret
Helen Talboys
 
1915 The Devil's Daughter
La Gioconda
 
1915 The Clemenceau Case
Iza
 
1915 Kreutzer Sonata
Celia Friedlander
 
1915 A Fool There Was
The Vampire
 
1915 Siren of Hell
 
1914 The Stain
Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)
 
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1918 The Soul of Buddha (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (19 titles)
2012 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 The Many Faces of Cleopatra (video documentary)
Cleopatra
 
2006 The Woman with the Hungry Eyes (documentary)
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1988 Hollywood Sex Symbols (video documentary short)
 
1980 Hollywood
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
 
1947 Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1939 The Movies March On (documentary short)
Herself - From 'A Fool There Was'
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1931 Stars of Yesterday (documentary short)
Herself
 
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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4 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Theo DeCoppet | Theodosia Goodman

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on husband Charles Brabin] His mental brilliance was not the first attractive quality I noticed about him. It was the way he walked. Like an Indian, Or, as if he wore seven-league boots. He stalked in and in two strides crossed the room. It still fascinates me to sit and watch him approach me. See more »

Trivia:

Later in life Bara hoped to make a film about her career with a neighborhood child she treated as her own. However the film never came to be as her health took a turn for the worst and she passed on soon after. See more »

Trademark:

Panda-like eye make up See more »

Nickname:

Theo See more »

Star Sign:

Leo