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Theda Bara

1885 - 1955

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Theda Bara ( THEE-də BARR-ə; born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theda Bara has received more than 1,496,378 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Theda Bara is the 853rd most popular actor (up from 1,021st in 2019), the 1,531st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,845th in 2019) and the 412th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

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  • 59.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Theda Bara ranks 853 out of 13,578. Before her are Grace Zabriskie, Natasha Richardson, Matthew Broderick, River Phoenix, Eva Marie Saint, and Robert Patrick. After her are Senta Berger, Denholm Elliott, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Robert Loggia, John Noble, and Sam Elliott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Theda Bara ranks 55. Before her are Velimir Khlebnikov, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Otto Klemperer, Sacha Guitry, Per Albin Hansson, and Franz Böhme. After her are André Lhote, Seishirō Itagaki, G. W. Pabst, Gunnar Asplund, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Jules Pascin. Among people deceased in 1955, Theda Bara ranks 40. Before her are Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Cordell Hull, Alexander Wienerberger, John Mott, Alexandros Papagos, and Yves Tanguy. After her are Henri Delaunay, Emmett Till, Olga Khokhlova, Otto Braun, Nicolas de Staël, and Eugène Joseph Delporte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theda Bara ranks 1,531 out of 20,380. Before her are River Phoenix (1970), Walter Mondale (1928), Frederick Douglass (1818), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Poul Anderson (1926), and Robert Patrick (1958). After her are Arthur Penn (1922), Murray Bookchin (1921), Alex Jones (1974), Pat Nixon (1912), Robert Loggia (1930), and Percy Spencer (1894).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Theda Bara ranks 412. Before her are Lionel Stander (1908), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Matthew Broderick (1962), River Phoenix (1970), Eva Marie Saint (1924), and Robert Patrick (1958). After her are Robert Loggia (1930), Sam Elliott (1944), Richard Jenkins (1947), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), Helen Hunt (1963), and Frank Langella (1938).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Fool There Was
The Vampire
John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come along with him. On the ship to England, Schuyler meets the notorious Vampire - a relentless gold digger who causes the moral degradation of those she seduces, first fascinating and then draining the very life from her victims.
Jan 12o 19155.2 / 10
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Herself
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
Dec 26o 19265.04 / 10
The Love Goddesses
(archive footage)
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Mar 3o 19656.3 / 10