Tag: iconic actress

Theda Bara in Cleopatra · 1917

Theda Bara (anagram of Arab death, 1885-1955), in Cleopatra (1917) | src alamy
Theda Bara (b. Theodosia Burr Goodman, 1885-1955), in Cleopatra (1917) directed by J. Gordon Edwards | src alamy
Theda Bara in Cleopatra (J. Gordon Edwards, 1917). Studio publicity still, Fox Film | src alamy
Theda Bara in Cleopatra (J. Gordon Edwards, 1917). Studio publicity still, Fox Film | src alamy
Detail from image # 1: Theda Bara in Cleopatra (1917) | src alamy

Theda Bara · A Fool There Was

Theda Bara (The Vampire) in her first starring role in A Fool There Was (1915). Private collection. | src Wikimedia Commons

All Nazimova in That Sort

Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in "That Sort". Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in “That Sort”. Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | src internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in "That Sort". Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in “That Sort”. Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | internet archive
Alla Nazimova as Diana Laska in “That Sort”. Photo: White. Published in Theatre Magazine, December 1914. | src internet archive

Lillian Gish by Emil Orlik, 1923

Emil Orlik (1870–1932) :: The actress Lillian Gish, ca. 1923. Vintage silver print. | src Ostlicht Photo Auction
Emil Orlik (1870–1932) :: The actress Lillian Gish, ca. 1923. Vintage silver print. | src Ostlicht Photo Auction
Emil Orlik (1870–1932) :: The actress Lillian Gish, ca. 1923. Vintage silver print. | src Ostlicht Photo Auction

Hedwig Kiesler, ca. 1935

Hedwig Kiesler, Salzburg, around 1935 © Anthony Loder Archive. From “Lady Bluetooth. Hedy Lamarr” exhibition. | src Jüdisches Museum Wien on FB

Dietrich on film set, 1939

German-American actress Marlene Dietrich (in costume as Frenchy) bathes her feet in a pail on the set of ‘Destry Rides Again’ (directed by George Marshall), California, 1939. | src Getty Images

Blonde Venus, 1932

Marlene Dietrich. French postcard by EDUG, nº 1073. Photo by Paramount. Publicity still for Blonde Venus (Josef von Sternberg, 1932) | src Truus, Bob and Jan

Nazimova interview, 1926

Nazimova interviewed by Adela Rogers St. Johns for Photoplay magazine, October 1926. | src internet archive

“I did ‘Salome’ as a purgative”, declares Nazimova. “The trash I had played made me sick with myself. I wanted something so different, so fanciful, so artistic, that it would take the taste out of my mouth”. Costume designs for Salome were Natacha Rambova’s (including the iconic wig).