Word: theodosia
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...THEODOSIA C. LESTER West Acton, Mass...
Died. Theda Bara (real name: Theodosia Goodman), 65. heavy-lidded vamp of the silent screen (The Serpent of the Nile, Camille, The Vampire); of cancer; in Los Angeles. Cincinnati-born Theda Bara scored her first success in 1914 as the irresistible temptress of A Fool There Was ("Kiss me. my fool!"), was soon billed as "The Wickedest Woman in the World." became the subject of some of the most elaborate and preposterous pressagentry in screen history. Her first name, the publicists pointed out. was an anagram of "death.'' her last name "Arab" spelled backwards. She was born, they...
...knight. But soon John, too, was panting after her. Eventually, she presented John with four bouncing bastards, who were legitimized by King and Pope in due course, after Kate's first husband and John's other wives conveniently died. In Katherine, Author Seton (Dragonwyck, My Theodosia) has expertly laced up a busty novel of historical fact and feminine fancy that is sure to find favor among the Plantagenets of Hollywood...
...that same day, in the same hospital, one Mrs. Theodosia Shatis, the wife of a Cyprus shepherd, also gave birth to a boy. He weighed only 6 Ibs. 1 oz. and he seemed to resemble his dark parents...
...Theda Bara was a friendly Cincinnati girl named Theodosia Goodman, who became cinema's first femme fatale. Her catch line: "It is very hot in Africa" became a cliche almost as famous in its day as Mae West's "Come up and see me sometime...