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Theda Bara
Silent Film Actress
Female
Born
Jul 29, 1885
Hometown
Cincinnati, Ohio
Died
Apr 13, 1955
Death Place
Los Angeles
Other Names
Goodman, Theodosi...
Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was an American silent film actress %E2%80%93 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".
Romance
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David DaltonMarried 1902 - 1952
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Special Screening Of Georgina Starr's Theda With Sigune Von Osten Creative BoomGoogle News - Sep 02, 2011
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Works By Asco At The Los Angeles MuseumNYTimes - Aug 28, 2011
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Book Review: 'Raoul Walsh,' By Marilyn Ann Moss Washington PostGoogle News - Aug 27, 2011
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CHILDHOOD
1885
Birth
Born on July 29, 1885.
1892
6 Years Old
Her death certificate incorrectly listed her birthdate as July 22, 1892.
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TWENTIES
1908
22 Years Old
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After attending the University of Cincinnati for two years, she worked in theater productions mainly but did explore other projects, moving to New York City in 1908.
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1914
28 Years Old
Theda Bara made more than 40 films between 1914 and 1926, but complete prints of only six still exist.
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1915
29 Years Old
Between 1915 and 1919, Bara was Fox studio's biggest star but, tired of being typecast as a vamp, she allowed her five-year contract with Fox to expire.
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THIRTIES
Theda's siblings were a boy, Marque (1888–1954) and a girl, Esther (1897–1965), who also became a film actress as Lori Bara and married Francis W. Getty of London in 1920.
Bara married British-born American film director Charles Brabin (1883–1957) in 1921.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1949
63 Years Old
In 1949, producer Buddy DeSylva and Columbia Pictures expressed interest in making a movie of Bara's life, starring Betty Hutton, but the project never materialized.
1955
70 Years Old
Bara died of stomach cancer in 1955 in Los Angeles, California, and was interred as Theda Bara Brabin in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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