Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Acting 1906-07-29 Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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2016 Self (archive footage)
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1942 Self (archive footage)
1936 Gypsy Queen's Daughter
1936 Thelma Alice Todd
1935 Lilly
1935 Thelma Todd
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1935 Thelma Todd
1935 Thelma
1935 Miss Thelma Todd
1935 Thelma
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1935 Thelma
1935 Thelma
1935 Mabel Kane
1934 Lady Genevieve
1934 Miss Amelia Frisby
1934 Judy Nelson
1934 Gwendolyn Fetherstone
1934 Thelma
1934 Miss Thelma Todd
1934 Thelma
1934 Thelma
1934 Trixie
1934 Thelma Todd
1934 Miss Todd
1934 Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd
1934 Thelma
1934 Thelma Todd
1934 Judith Marlowe
1934 Miss Sally Oxford
1933 Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton
1933 Lillian La Rue
1933 Lady Pamela Rocburg
1933 Gloria Duval
1933 Lois Cavanaugh
1933 The Baroness
1933 Thelma
1933 Miss Todd
1933 Thelma
1933 Thelma
1933 Thelma Todd
1933 Thelma
1933 Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners
1933 Pamela Berne
1932 Connie Bailey
1932 Eleanor Espere
1932 Claire Mathewson
1932 Sunny De Lane
1932 Klondike
1932 Kay Mitchell
1932 Thelma
1932 Thelma Todd
1932 Miss Todd
1932 Thelma Todd
1932 Miss Thelma Todd
1932 Thelma
1932 Thelma
1932 Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense
1932 Thelma
1932 Lola Del Mont
1931 Iva Archer
1931 Lucille Briggs
1931 Thelma
1931 Mrs. Hardy
1931 Alison Corning
1931 Gertie Gardner
1931 Lola
1931 Antoinette
1931 Betty Royce
1931 Thelma
1931 Thelma
1931 Lydia
1931 Thelma Todd
1931 Thelma
1931 Thelma
1931 Thelma Todd
1931 Winifred Bradford
1931 Caroline
1930 Lady Plumtree (uncredited)
1930 Nelly
1930 Miss Todd
1930 Antoinette
1930 Ruth Van Horn
1930 Thelma
1930 Thelma Todd
1930 The Blonde Dance Hall Girl
1930 Jim's Girlfriend
1930 The Star
1930 The Queen
1930 Thelma, Charley's Fiancee
1930 Thelma
1929 Mrs. Kennedy
1929 Blondie
1929 Mary White
1929 Thelma
1929 Thelma
1929 Hortense
1929 Gladys
1929 Grace Logan
1929 Dancer
1929 Mrs. Leslie
1929
1929 Charley's Wife
1928 Ruby Boyd
1928 Phyllis
1928 Bonnie Le Vonne
1928 Daisy McQueen
1928 Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
1928 The Nurse
1927 Hettie Ide
1927 Rose aka Flora Fisher
1927 (uncredited)
1927 Ruth Ainsworth
1927 Princess Aline
1926 Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
1926 Lorraine Lane