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Thelma Todd
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Thelma Todd
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-07-29,Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in Wheeler and Woolsey farces, several Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which (The Bohemian Girl) featured her in a part that was truncated by her suspicious death at the age of 29. During the silent film era, Todd appeared in numerous supporting roles that made full use of her beauty but gave her little chance to act. With the advent of the talkies, Todd was given opportunity to expand her roles when producer Hal Roach signed her to appear with such comedy stars as Harry Langdon, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy. In 1931, Roach cast Todd in her own series of slapstick comedy shorts, running 17 to 27 minutes each. In an attempt to create a female version of Laurel and Hardy, Roach teamed Todd with ZaSu Pitts for 17 shorts, from "Let's do Things" (June 1931) through "One Track Minds" (May 1933). When Pitts left in 1933, she was replaced by Patsy Kelly, appearing with Todd in 21 shorts, from "Beauty and the Bus" (September 1933) through "An All American Toothache" (January 1936). These Roach shorts often cast Todd as a working girl having all sorts of problems, and trying her best to remain poised and charming despite the embarrassing antics of her sidekick. Todd also appeared successfully in such dramas as the original 1931 film version of The Maltese Falcon starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, in which she played Miles Archer's treacherous widow. During her career she appeared in 119 films although many of these were short films, and was sometimes publicized as "The Ice Cream Blonde." Todd continued her short-subject series through 1935, and was featured in the full-length Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bohemian Girl. This was her last film; she died after completing all of her scenes, but most of them were re-shot. Producer Roach deleted all of Todd's dialogue and limited her appearance to one musical number.

Filmography

Seven Footprints to Satan

6.219

Seven Footprints to Satan
1929-01-27

The Maltese Falcon

6.398

The Maltese Falcon
1931-05-23

6.9

Horse Feathers
1932-08-19

Monkey Business

7

Monkey Business
1931-09-19

5.731

Speak Easily
1932-08-13

Yesterday and Today

7

Yesterday and Today
1953-12-02

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

9

God Gave Me Twenty Cents
1926-11-20

6.9

On the Loose
1931-12-26

Another Fine Mess

6.9

Another Fine Mess
1930-11-29

Chickens Come Home

6.6

Chickens Come Home
1931-02-21

Unaccustomed as We Are

6.9

Unaccustomed as We Are
1929-05-04

The Bohemian Girl

6.2

The Bohemian Girl
1936-02-14

This Is the Night

5.375

This Is the Night
1932-04-08

6.286

Air Hostess
1933-01-15

4.433

Corsair
1931-11-28

Counsellor at Law

6.5

Counsellor at Law
1933-12-25

The Devil's Brother

6.8

The Devil's Brother
1933-05-05

Call Her Savage

5.833

Call Her Savage
1932-11-24

Cockeyed Cavaliers

6

Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934-06-29

7

Nevada
1927-08-01

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

7

Hips, Hips, Hooray!
1934-02-02

5.196

Her Man
1930-09-21

5.25

Klondike
1932-08-29

Whispering Whoopee

6.25

Whispering Whoopee
1930-03-08

8

Sitting Pretty
1933-11-23

Lightning Strikes Twice

5.25

Lightning Strikes Twice
1934-12-07

8

The Poor Rich
1934-02-25

Mary Stevens, M.D.

6.2

Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933-07-22

4.143

Broadminded
1931-08-01

The Hot Heiress

6.25

The Hot Heiress
1931-03-28

Son of a Sailor

6

Son of a Sailor
1933-11-29

Two for Tonight

7.667

Two for Tonight
1935-09-12

7

Rough Seas
1931-04-24

4.6

The Big Timer
1932-03-10

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

0

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01

4.375

High C's
1930-12-27

6

No Limit
1931-01-15

Maid in Hollywood

9

Maid in Hollywood
1934-05-19

7

Top Flat
1935-12-21

The Bargain of the Century

3.5

The Bargain of the Century
1933-04-08

6.5

Show Business
1932-08-20

6.667

Sealskins
1932-02-06

Asleep in the Feet

4

Asleep in the Feet
1933-01-21

The Pip from Pittsburg

6.5

The Pip from Pittsburg
1931-03-21

7.25

The Tin Man
1935-03-30

7.571

Follow Thru
1930-09-26

Catch-As Catch-Can

3.333

Catch-As Catch-Can
1931-08-22

Sing Sister Sing

8

Sing Sister Sing
1935-03-02

7.5

Red Noses
1932-03-18

10

Soup and Fish
1934-03-30

6.5

The Real McCoy
1930-02-01

6.75

Dollar Dizzy
1930-10-03

10

Hot Money
1935-11-16

One-Horse Farmers

8

One-Horse Farmers
1934-08-01

Maids a la Mode

3.667

Maids a la Mode
1933-03-04

Opened by Mistake

8

Opened by Mistake
1934-10-05

7

Heart to Heart
1928-07-22

The Nickel Nurser

4

The Nickel Nurser
1932-03-12

Backs to Nature

6

Backs to Nature
1933-11-14

Command Performance

5.1

Command Performance
1931-01-19

3.6

Palooka
1934-01-26

4.25

Love Fever
1931-04-11

The Fighting Parson

8

The Fighting Parson
1930-02-06

7

The Shrimp
1930-05-03

4.25

The Head Guy
1930-01-11

4.333

The King
1930-06-14

8

War Mamas
1931-11-14

Strictly Unreliable

6

Strictly Unreliable
1932-04-30

Three Chumps Ahead

10

Three Chumps Ahead
1934-07-14

9

Treasure Blues
1935-01-26

6.833

The Soilers
1932-10-29

The Misses Stooge

10

The Misses Stooge
1935-04-20

The Pajama Party

7

The Pajama Party
1931-10-03

6

The Old Bull
1932-06-04

8

Twin Triplets
1935-10-12

Beauty and the Bus

8

Beauty and the Bus
1933-09-16

Slightly Static

9

Slightly Static
1935-09-07

I'll Be Suing You

9

I'll Be Suing You
1934-06-23

One Track Minds

7

One Track Minds
1933-05-20

An All American Toothache

8

An All American Toothache
1936-01-25

8

Sneak Easily
1932-12-10

6.333

Air Fright
1933-12-23

9

Done in Oil
1934-11-10

6.75

Alum and Eve
1932-09-24

6.5

Bum Voyage
1934-12-15

Babes in the Goods

8.333

Babes in the Goods
1934-02-10

Let's Do Things

8

Let's Do Things
1931-06-06

After the Dance

6.5

After the Dance
1935-06-25

The Shield of Honor

6

The Shield of Honor
1927-12-10

5.2

Bottoms Up
1934-04-12

7

Hurdy Gurdy
1929-05-10

Cheating Blondes

5

Cheating Blondes
1933-05-01

5.5

Take the Stand
1934-08-07

Looser Than Loose

6

Looser Than Loose
1930-11-15

You Made Me Love You

7.125

You Made Me Love You
1933-10-01

7.667

The Noose
1928-01-29

4.8

All Teed Up
1930-04-16

8

Aloha
1931-04-26

6.75

Snappy Sneezer
1929-07-29

5.5

Look out Below
1929-08-17

Hotter Than Hot

10

Hotter Than Hot
1929-08-17

House of Horror

10

House of Horror
1929-04-28

5

Naughty Baby
1928-12-16

10

Careers
1929-06-02

Fascinating Youth

9

Fascinating Youth
1926-03-17

The Bachelor Girl

7

The Bachelor Girl
1929-05-20

8

The Crash
1928-10-07

10

Trial Marriage
1929-03-10

6.75

Crazy Feet
1929-09-07

7

Vamping Venus
1928-05-13

7.5

Deception
1932-11-04

The Haunted House

7

The Haunted House
1928-11-04

Her Private Life

3

Her Private Life
1929-08-25

Fireman, Save My Child

8

Fireman, Save My Child
1927-08-01

The Gay Defender

9

The Gay Defender
1927-12-10

9

Swanee River
1931-03-15

0

Sky Boy
1929-10-05

6

Stepping Out
1929-11-02

7

Rubber Heels
1927-06-11

Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon

0

Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon
1929-04-01

4.5

Death Scenes
1989-01-01

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988-09-19

Murders of Hollywood

5

Murders of Hollywood
2003-01-01

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

8

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992-01-01

Death In Hollywood

6.8

Death In Hollywood
1990-10-01

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

8.167

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016-02-04