Thelma Todd

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-07-29 (29 years old)

Deathday

1935-12-16

Place of Birth

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Thelma Todd

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 ...

Acting

1931

The Maltese Falcon

as Iva Archer

1932

Horse Feathers

as Connie Bailey

1931

Monkey Business

as Lucille Briggs

1932

Speak Easily

as Eleanor Espere

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1926

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

as Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)

1931

On the Loose

as Thelma

1930

Another Fine Mess

as Lady Plumtree (uncredited)

1931

Chickens Come Home

as Mrs. Hardy

1929

Unaccustomed as We Are

as Mrs. Kennedy

1936

The Bohemian Girl

as Gypsy Queen's Daughter

1932

This Is the Night

as Claire Mathewson

1933

Air Hostess

as Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton

1931

Corsair

as Alison Corning

1933

Counsellor at Law

as Lillian La Rue

1933

The Devil's Brother

as Lady Pamela Rocburg

1932

Call Her Savage

as Sunny De Lane

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Lady Genevieve

1927

Nevada

as Hettie Ide

1934

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Miss Amelia Frisby

1930

Her Man

as Nelly

1932

Klondike

as Klondike

1930

Whispering Whoopee

as Miss Todd

1933

Sitting Pretty

as Gloria Duval

1934

1934

The Poor Rich

as Gwendolyn Fetherstone

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

as Lois Cavanaugh

1931

Broadminded

as Gertie Gardner

1931

1933

Son of a Sailor

as The Baroness

1935

1931

Rough Seas

as Antoinette

1932

The Big Timer

as Kay Mitchell

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1930

High C's

as Antoinette

1931

No Limit

as Betty Royce

1934

1935

Top Flat

as Thelma Todd

1932

Show Business

as Thelma

1932

Sealskins

as Thelma Todd

1933

1935

The Tin Man

as Thelma Todd

1930

Follow Thru

as Ruth Van Horn

1931

1935

1932

Red Noses

as Miss Todd

1934

Soup and Fish

as Miss Thelma Todd

1930

1930

Dollar Dizzy

as Thelma Todd

1935

Hot Money

as Miss Thelma Todd

1934

1933

Maids a la Mode

as Miss Todd

1934

1928

Heart to Heart

as Ruby Boyd

1932

The Nickel Nurser

as Thelma Todd

1933

1934

Palooka

as Trixie

1987

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

as (archive footage)

1931

Love Fever

as Thelma Todd

1930

The Fighting Parson

as The Blonde Dance Hall Girl

1930

The Shrimp

as Jim's Girlfriend

1930

The Head Guy

as The Star

1930

The King

as The Queen

1931

War Mamas

as Thelma

1932

Strictly Unreliable

as Miss Thelma Todd

1934

Three Chumps Ahead

as Thelma Todd

1935

1932

The Soilers

as Thelma

1935

The Misses Stooge

as Thelma Todd

1931

1932

The Old Bull

as Thelma

1935

Twin Triplets

as Thelma

1933

1935

1934

I'll Be Suing You

as Miss Todd

1933

One Track Minds

as Thelma Todd

1936

An All American Toothache

as Thelma Alice Todd

1932

Sneak Easily

as Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense

1933

Air Fright

as Thelma

1934

Done in Oil

as Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd

1932

Alum and Eve

as Thelma

1934

Bum Voyage

as Thelma

1934

Babes in the Goods

as Thelma Todd

1931

Let's Do Things

as Thelma Todd

1935

After the Dance

as Mabel Kane

1927

The Shield of Honor

as Rose aka Flora Fisher

1934

Bottoms Up

as Judith Marlowe

1929

Hurdy Gurdy

as Blondie

1933

Cheating Blondes

as Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners

1934

Take the Stand

as Miss Sally Oxford

1930

Looser Than Loose

as Thelma, Charley's Fiancee

1933

You Made Me Love You

as Pamela Berne

1928

The Noose

as Phyllis

1930

All Teed Up

as Thelma

1931

Aloha

as Winifred Bradford

1929

Snappy Sneezer

as Mary White

1929

1929

1928

Naughty Baby

as Bonnie Le Vonne

1929

Careers

as Hortense

1926

Fascinating Youth

as Lorraine Lane

1929

1928

The Crash

as Daisy McQueen

1929

Trial Marriage

as Grace Logan

1929

Crazy Feet

as Dancer

1928

Vamping Venus

as Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus

1932

Deception

as Lola Del Mont

1928

The Haunted House

as The Nurse

1929

Her Private Life

as Mrs. Leslie

1927

Fireman, Save My Child

as (uncredited)

1927

The Gay Defender

as Ruth Ainsworth

1931

Swanee River

as Caroline

1929

Stepping Out

as Charley's Wife

1927

Rubber Heels

as Princess Aline

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