this is Theodosia Burr Goodman aka Theda Bara. She went to Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati Ohio. Emily here at Orchard went to the same high school many years later.

WIKIPEDIA SAYS:
Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman) (July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955), was an American silent film actress. Bara was one of the most popular screen actresses of her era, and was one of cinema's earliest sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname "The Vamp" (short for vampire). The term "vamp" soon became a popular slang term for a sexually predatory woman. Bara, along with Broadway turned film actress Valeska Suratt, and the French film actress Musidora, popularized the vamp persona in the early years of silent film and was soon imitated by rival actresses such as Louise Glaum, Nita Naldi and Pola Negri.

1 Comment:

  1. Tori said...
    what an interesting name! I will think of her everytime I vamp it up!

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