Theda Bara
Actor, Film actor
1885 – 1955
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Who was Theda Bara?
Theda Bara 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. Bara made more than 40 films between 1914 and 1926, but most are now lost due to a fire that destroyed the majority of her films in 1937. After her marriage to Charles Brabin in 1921, she made two more feature films and retired from acting in 1926 having never appeared in a sound film. She died of stomach cancer at the age of 69.
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- Born
- Jul 29, 1885
Cincinnati - Also known as
- Theodosia Burr Goodman
- The Vamp
- Theo
- Theda
- Bara
- Serpent of the Nile
- Theodosia Goodman
- Theo DeCoppet
- Theda Bara Brabin
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Charles Brabin
(1921/07/02 - 1955/04/07)
- Charles Brabin
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Walnut Hills High School
- University of Cincinnati
- Died
- Apr 7, 1955
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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