Rosemary Theby
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: April 7, 1892
Day of Death: November 10, 1973 (82 years old)
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
From Wikipedia Rosemary Theby (April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. Born Rosemary Theresa Theby in St. Louis, Missouri, Theby studied at Sargent's School in New York. A contemporary newspaper account described her as being of "medium-height, well proportioned, with regular features and dark hair". Her first film experience came in the Vitagraph production of The Wager. By 1915, she was a star for the Universal film company. During World War I Theby took care of a refugee from Lithuania. After being educated and cared for by Theby, the young woman became her maid during an acute shortage of maids in Hollywood, in 1920. As Miss Corintee in The Great Love (1918), Theby played the part of a German spy with great skill. The film was written and directed by D.W. Griffith. This was a vamp role which she began to play frequently after depicting characters in slapstick comedies. Theby played a Chinese vampire in Clung, a Fox Film production directed by Emmett Flynn. Later she began to portray more serious women. Theby was solely a film actress. She declined an offer to accompany Chauncey Olcott to appear on stage for $85 per week. At the time she was earning $125 weekly in movies. She later regretted her decision because of the experience she would have gained. Theby was married to fellow actor and director Harry Myers. After Meyers' death in 1938, she married Truitt Hughes to whom she remained married until her death. She lived for years at 1907 Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles. Theby supported Calvin Coolidge in the 1924 presidential election. Theby enjoyed playing golf, wearing her hair in a Bob cut, and possessed a preoccupation with personal cleanliness. On screen she appeared tall and willowy, entering a scene, according to one review in the Los Angeles Times, with a "sensuous glide". Theby died of circulatory shock on November 10, 1973, at the age of 81.
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
Actor The Nurse
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
Actor Betty
Betty's Baby
Actor
The Little Minister
Actor Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
Cupid Through a Keyhole
Actor Beatrice Esmond
The Web
Actor Ethel Wynne
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
Actor Classmate
The Classmate's Frolic
Actor Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
The Master Painter
1912
Actor
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
Actor Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
The Illumination
Actor Jane's Mother
A Juvenile Love Affair
Actor Nell Avery
The Toymaker
Actor Sybil
A Fortune in a Teacup
Actor Second Daughter
Father's Hot Toddy
Actor Third Girl
The Godmother
Actor
The Awakening of Bianca
Actor Quinetrea
The Reincarnation of Karma
Actor Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
An Eventful Elopement
Actor Gladys Mayford
The Two Battles
Actor Helen - Irene's Friend
Irene's Infatuation
Actor Marie
The Light of St. Bernard
Actor
Wanted, a Sister
Actor Dick's Sweetheart
His Father's Son
Actor Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
Love in the Ghetto
Actor
Rock of Ages
Actor Norma Gyntsen
Written in the Sand
Actor
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
Actor Celia
As You Like It
Actor Tom's Sweetheart
The Hand Bag
Actor Giulia
The Mills of the Gods