Silent Star & Vamp Theda Bara born July 29, in 1885 - Over 40 films incl A Fool There Was 1915 (as 'The Vampire'), Cleopatra 1917, Salome 1918, The Unchastened Woman 1925; almost all her films were destroyed by a fire at Fox Studios in 1937 #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/theda-bara/ | Classic Movie Hub

Silent screen star Theda Bara ✨ Theda Bara was born Theodosia Burr Goodman in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 29, 1885. In late 1914 she signed a five year movie contract with Fox Studio. After the release of her first Fox films the studio temporarily promoted her vamp image with an invented biography of the new actress. They claimed she was an exotic Egyptian-born daughter of a French actress and an Italian sculptor, and had spent her early years in the Sahara desert living in a tent under the shadow

Silent screen actress Theda Bara speaks in a rare interview on the Lux Radio Theater show in 1936 with host, Woody Van Dyke. Theda never appeared in talkies. Lux Theater was the first of only two known recordings of Theda Bara. Theda Bara was born Theodosia Burr Goodman in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 29, 1885. In late 1914 she signed a five year movie contract with Fox Studio. After the release of her first Fox films the studio temporarily promoted her vamp image with an invented biography of the n