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Theda Bara: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Theodosia de Coppet • Theodosia Burr Goodman
Born July 20, 1885? • Cincinnati • Ohio
Died April 7, 1955 • Los Angeles • California

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Theda Bara dressed as Madame Dubarry in 18th-century costume with a powdered wig, seated on a patterned sofa, in a 1917 film scene.
Theda Bara as a seated woman in a dark gown and ornate beaded headdress, holding a long pearl necklace, in the film The Rose of Blood (1918).
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