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Jan 20, 2021 · Somehow, it all worked. The “vamp” was a role Theda Bara played to the hilt from 1915 to 1919. Her dark eyes heavily kohled, her hairstyles dark and sultry, the New York Daily Mirror wrote, “Miss Bara misses no chance for sensuous appeal in her portrayal of the Vampire.”. For four short years, she was Fox Studio’s megastar.
Publicity claimed that Bara was born in the Sahara Desert, that "Theda" (an abbreviation of Theodosia) was "chosen" because it was an anagram of "death" and that "Bara" (a maternal grandfather's family name) was "Arab" spelled backwards.
Jul 5, 2016 · Hollywood starlet Theda Bara, whose agents claimed she was the daughter of an Arab sheik – when in fact she was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photograph: Allstar/Fox.
Jan 10, 2008 · Theda Bara had a bulbous nose, an overbite and a squint - yet she was a star of silent movies. Kira Cochrane on the ultimate screen vamp. Kira Cochrane. Thu 10 Jan 2008 04.43 EST. Share.
Actress. She appeared in 43 films, from 1914 to 1926, but was unable to make the transition to sound film. She was considered one of the most successful and glamorous stars of the 1910s. She was the original Vamp. Born under the name Theodosia Goodman, in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was close to her parents and two siblings,...
Theda Bara. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Theda Bara. Theda Bara was an American silent movie actress. She was born on July 29, 1885. Her real name was Theodosia Burr Goodman. Bara attended the University of Cincinnati for two years. She worked in theater productions. She moved to New York City in 1908.
