Thelma Todd
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: July 29, 1906
Day of Death: December 16, 1935 (29 years old)
Place of Birth: 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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Actor Lady Genevieve
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Actor Miss Amelia Frisby
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Actor Judy Nelson
Lightning Strikes Twice
Actor Gwendolyn Fetherstone
The Poor Rich
Actor Thelma
Maid in Hollywood
Actor Miss Thelma Todd
Soup and Fish
Actor Thelma
Opened by Mistake
Actor Thelma
One-Horse Farmers
Actor Trixie
Palooka
Actor Thelma Todd
Three Chumps Ahead
Actor Miss Todd
I'll Be Suing You
Actor Thelma
Bum Voyage
Actor Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd
Done in Oil
Actor Thelma Todd
Babes in the Goods
Actor Judith Marlowe
Bottoms Up
Actor Miss Sally Oxford
Take the Stand
1933
Actor Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton
Air Hostess
Actor Lillian La Rue
Counsellor at Law
Actor Lady Pamela Rocburg
The Devil's Brother
Actor Gloria Duval
Sitting Pretty
Actor Lois Cavanaugh
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Actor The Baroness
Son of a Sailor
Actor Thelma
The Bargain of the Century
Actor Thelma
Asleep in the Feet
Actor Miss Todd
Maids a la Mode
Actor Thelma
Backs to Nature
Actor Thelma Todd
One Track Minds
Actor Thelma
Beauty and the Bus
Actor Thelma
Air Fright
Actor Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners
Cheating Blondes
Actor Pamela Berne
You Made Me Love You
1932
Actor Connie Bailey
Horse Feathers
Actor Eleanor Espere
Speak Easily
Actor Claire Mathewson
This Is the Night
Actor Sunny De Lane
Call Her Savage
Actor Klondike
Klondike
Actor Kay Mitchell
The Big Timer
Actor Thelma Todd
Sealskins
Actor Thelma
Show Business
Actor Miss Todd
Red Noses
Actor Thelma Todd
The Nickel Nurser
Actor Thelma
The Old Bull
Actor Thelma
The Soilers
Actor Miss Thelma Todd
Strictly Unreliable
Actor Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense
Sneak Easily
Actor Thelma
Alum and Eve
Actor Lola Del Mont
Deception
1931
Actor Iva Archer
The Maltese Falcon
Actor Lucille Briggs
Monkey Business
Actor Thelma
On the Loose
Actor Mrs. Hardy
Chickens Come Home
Actor Alison Corning
Corsair
Actor Gertie Gardner
Broadminded
Actor Lola
The Hot Heiress
Actor Antoinette
Rough Seas
Actor Betty Royce
No Limit
Actor Thelma
The Pip from Pittsburg
Actor Thelma
Catch-As Catch-Can
Actor Lydia
Command Performance
Actor Thelma Todd
Love Fever
Actor Thelma
War Mamas
Actor Thelma
The Pajama Party
Actor Thelma Todd
Let's Do Things
Actor Winifred Bradford
Aloha
Actor Caroline
Swanee River
1930
Actor Lady Plumtree (uncredited)
Another Fine Mess
Actor Nelly
Her Man
Actor Miss Todd
Whispering Whoopee
Actor Antoinette
High C's
Actor Mrs. Van Horn
Follow Thru
Actor Thelma
The Real McCoy
Actor Thelma Todd
Dollar Dizzy
Actor The Blonde Dance Hall Girl
The Fighting Parson
Actor Jim's Girlfriend
The Shrimp
Actor The Star
The Head Guy
Actor The Queen
The King
Actor Thelma, Charley's Fiancee
Looser Than Loose
Actor Thelma
All Teed Up
1929
Actor Eve
Seven Footprints to Satan
Actor Mrs. Kennedy
Unaccustomed as We Are
Actor Blondie
Hurdy Gurdy
Actor Mary White
Snappy Sneezer
Actor Thelma
Look out Below
Actor
Hotter Than Hot
Actor Thelma
House of Horror
Actor Hortense
Careers
Actor Gladys
The Bachelor Girl
Actor Grace Logan
Trial Marriage
Actor Dancer
Crazy Feet
Actor Mrs. Leslie
Her Private Life
Actor
Sky Boy
Actor Charley's Wife
Stepping Out
Actor The Woman
Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon
