Theda Bara (1885 - 1955)

American silent film and stage actress, one of cinema's earliest sex symbols.

* July 29, 1885 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
 as Theodosia Burr Goodman
 April 7, 1955 Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 13, 18 May 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 31, 21 September 1922
Picture Play Magazine, February 1923

Photoplay, September 1928
Photoplay, August 1929
Photoplay, January 1930

Photoplay, February 1931
Photoplay, September 1931
Photoplay, October 1931

Photoplay, March 1932
Photoplay, May 1932

Books on Theda Bara

Eve Golden Vamp Eve Golden
Vamp, The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara
1997

Ronald Genini Theda Bara Ronald Genini
Theda Bara, A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp, with a Filmography
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Books with substantial mentioning of Theda Bara

Douglas Brode & Leah Deyneka (eds.) Dracula's Daughters Douglas Brode & Leah Deyneka (eds.)
Dracula's Daughters, The Female Vampire on Film
Lanham; Boulder; New York; Totonto; Plymouth, 2014

Jennifer M. Bean (ed.)
Flickers of desire, Movie stars of the 1910s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

David W. Menefee The first female stars David W. Menefee
The first female stars, women of the silent era
Westport, Connecticut; London, 2004

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

Richard Dyer MacCann The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann
The Stars Appear
Metuchen, NJ & London, 1992

DeWitt Bodeen From Hollywood DeWitt Bodeen
From Hollywood, The Careers of 15 Great American Stars
New York - London, 1976

Norman Zierold
Sex goddesses of the silent screen
Chicago, 1973

James Robert Parish The Fox Girls James Robert Parish
The Fox Girls
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1971

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965


Books with photograph(s) of Theda Bara

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975