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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 because the 1937 Fox vault fire
destroyed most of her films. After her marriage to Charles Brabin in 1921, she
made two more feature films and retired from acting in 1926 having never
appeared in a sound film. She died of stomach cancer on April 7, 1955 at the
age of 69.
For her contribution to the film industry, Theda Bara has a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.