Nickname: Theo

Height: 5'6"

Screen and stage actress.

Made film debut in 'Two Orphans, The' (1915)

She was the first to utter the now famous but often misquoted line, "Kiss me, my fool."

The role of the vamp in A Fool There Was, which made Theda Bara famous overnight, was created on Broadway in 1910 by Katharine Kaelred.

Sister of actress/writer Lori Bara.

Pictured on one of ten 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating stars of the silent screen, issued 27 April 1994. Designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, this set of stamps also honored Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, Charles Chaplin, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert (I), Zasu Pitts, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and the Keystone Kops.

Theda Bara's star of hte HOllywood Walk of Fame can be found at block eleven: 6333 Hollywood Boulevard

In 1916, she signed a three-year contract will William Fox, which contained eight provisions to help increase her intrigue as the "Serpent of the Nile":
1. You cannot marry in three years
2. You must be heavily veiled in public
3. You cannot take public transportation
4. You cannot appear in the theater
5. You cannot attend Turkish baths
6. You cannot pose for snapshots
7. You cannot close the curtains on your limosine
8. You can only go out at night