A Woman There Was is a 1919 American silent South Seas drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara.

Bara portrays Zara, the daughter of a South Seas island tribal chief, who falls in love with a missionary and is killed after helping him escape.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Zara (Bara), daughter of tribal chief Majah (Ardizoni), is beloved by Pulke (Elliott), a pearl diver.

Pulke, jealous of the missionary, attempts to kill him with a spear but Zara shield him at risk to her life.

Zara steals the sacred black pearl from the tomb of her father, who died during the storm, and with it Stark recovers.