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1. jwa.org › thisweek › julBirth of Theda Bara, the original "vamp" - Jewish Women's Archive

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   July 29, 1890. Theda Bara in Carmen, 1915. Born Theodosia Goodman on July 29, 1885, Theda Bara had a brief but notable career as the star of dozens of silent films. Raised in Cincinnati, Bara moved to New York City at age eighteen to pursue acting. Only marginally successful on the stage, she became an overnight sensation when director Frank ...

2. www.amazon.com › Theda-Bara-My-Mentor-HollywoodsTheda Bara, My Mentor: Under the Wing of Hollywood's First ...

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   Apr 28, 2016 · Theda Bara--"the vamp," as she would come to be known--would soon be one of the highest paid film stars of the 1910s, earning an unheard of $4,000 per week, before retiring from the screen in 1926. In 1946, at age five, the author met Bara--then 61--at her Beverly Hills home and the actress became her mentor.

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3. web.stanford.edu › ~gdegroat › baraTheda Bara - Stanford University

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   Sep 28, 2011 · Theda Bara's entry in The Blue Book of the Screen (1923) Theda Bara's entry in Stars of the Photoplay (1916) ThedaBara.net Review of Ronald Genini's "Theda Bara: a Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp" Theda Bara page from Bombshells.com Denny Jackson's Theda Bara page Theda's Hollywood Tart City's tribute to Theda Bara Java's Bachelor Pad's ...

4. www.thedailybeast.com › the-secrets-of-theda-baraThe Secrets Of Theda Bara, Hollywood's Original Vamp

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   Mar 3, 2018 · Theda Bara played the seductress on screen in over 40 movies. Her clinging robes, she said, suggested the 'sinuosity of the serpent.' But her blazing stardom wasn't set to last.

5. postalmuseum.si.edu › theda-baraTheda Bara | National Postal Museum

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   Theda Bara (1885-1955) es una destacada estrella del cine mudo de principios del siglo XX. Bara es más conocida por su papel de Femme Fatale, también conocida como seductora. Interpretó el personaje de Femme Fatale en muchas de sus películas destacadas, incluidas Cleopatra y Carmen.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cleopatra_(1917_film)Cleopatra (1917 film) - Wikipedia

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   Cleopatra is a 1917 American silent historical drama film based on H. Rider Haggard 's 1889 novel Cleopatra, the 1890 play Cleopatre by Émile Moreau and Victorien Sardou, and the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. [2] The film starred Theda Bara in the title role, Fritz Leiber Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall as Mark Antony .

7. www.themoviedb.org › person › 123584-theda-baraTheda Bara — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   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 ...