Cast
Thelma Todd
Acting
Cast
Thelma Todd
Known for
Acting
Born
1906-07-29
From
Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1935-12-16
Also known as Alison Loyd, Π’Π΅Π»ΡΠΌΠ° Π’ΠΎΠ΄Π΄, Thelma Alice Todd
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 β 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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Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Lady Genevieve
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Her Man
as Nelly
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Backs to Nature
as Thelma
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Careers
as Hortense
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The Devil's Brother
as Lady Pamela Rocburg
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Air Hostess
as Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton
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MOVIE1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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MOVIE1932
Call Her Savage
as Sunny De Lane
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MOVIE1929
Her Private Life
as Mrs. Leslie
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MOVIE1932
Horse Feathers
as Connie Bailey
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Monkey Business
as Lucille Briggs
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Opened by Mistake
as Thelma
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MOVIE1930
The Fighting Parson
as The Blonde Dance Hall Girl
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The Bohemian Girl
as Gypsy Queen's Daughter
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The Gay Defender
as Ruth Ainsworth
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Another Fine Mess
as Lady Plumtree (uncredited)
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The Maltese Falcon
as Iva Archer
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This Is the Night
as Claire Mathewson
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Counsellor at Law
as Lillian La Rue
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Unaccustomed as We Are
as Mrs. Kennedy
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The Noose
as Phyllis
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The Pajama Party
as Thelma
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Chickens Come Home
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
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Fascinating Youth
as Lorraine Lane
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God Gave Me Twenty Cents
as Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
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The Poor Rich
as Gwendolyn Fetherstone
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Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
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Bottoms Up
as Judith Marlowe
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Maid in Hollywood
as Thelma
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Death In Hollywood
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Corsair
as Alison Corning
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Hotter Than Hot
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MOVIE1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
as Miss Amelia Frisby
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On the Loose
as Thelma
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MOVIE1927
Nevada
as Hettie Ide
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Son of a Sailor
as The Baroness
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MOVIE1929
Seven Footprints to Satan
as Eve
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Sitting Pretty
as Gloria Duval
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MOVIE1928
Heart to Heart
as Ruby Boyd
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The Big Timer
as Kay Mitchell
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MOVIE1930
High C's
as Antoinette
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Looser Than Loose
as Thelma, Charley's Fiancee
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Two for Tonight
as Lilly
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Lightning Strikes Twice
as Judy Nelson
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Show Business
as Thelma
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The Bachelor Girl
as Gladys
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MOVIE1989
Death Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
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Palooka
as Trixie
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Naughty Baby
as Bonnie Le Vonne
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The Soilers
as Thelma
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Speak Easily
as Eleanor Espere
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The Bargain of the Century
as Thelma
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House of Horror
as Thelma
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Lois Cavanaugh
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MOVIE1932
Klondike
as Klondike
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MOVIE1936
An All American Toothache
as Thelma Alice Todd
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MOVIE1933
Maids a la Mode
as Miss Todd
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MOVIE1927
Rubber Heels
as Princess Aline
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MOVIE1930
The Head Guy
as The Star
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MOVIE1930
Dollar Dizzy
as Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1935
Hot Money
as Miss Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1931
No Limit
as Betty Royce
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MOVIE1932
Strictly Unreliable
as Miss Thelma Todd
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One Track Minds
as Thelma Todd
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The Nickel Nurser
as Thelma Todd
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Command Performance
as Lydia
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After the Dance
as Mabel Kane
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Cheating Blondes
as Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners
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Snappy Sneezer
as Mary White
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MOVIE1934
Soup and Fish
as Miss Thelma Todd
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Sing Sister Sing
as Thelma
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MOVIE1929
Trial Marriage
as Grace Logan
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MOVIE1931
War Mamas
as Thelma
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Rough Seas
as Antoinette
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Let's Do Things
as Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1934
Take the Stand
as Miss Sally Oxford
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Three Chumps Ahead
as Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1933
Beauty and the Bus
as Thelma
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MOVIE1935
The Misses Stooge
as Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
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MOVIE1933
You Made Me Love You
as Pamela Berne
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MOVIE1932
Sealskins
as Thelma Todd
MOVIE1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
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MOVIE1928
Vamping Venus
as Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
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MOVIE1933
Air Fright
as Thelma
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MOVIE1932
Red Noses
as Miss Todd
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MOVIE1929
Stepping Out
as Charley's Wife
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MOVIE1931
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Thelma
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MOVIE1931
Love Fever
as Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1930
Follow Thru
as Ruth Van Horn
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MOVIE1933
Asleep in the Feet
as Thelma
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MOVIE1931
The Hot Heiress
as Lola
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MOVIE1932
Deception
as Lola Del Mont
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The Haunted House
as The Nurse
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Sky Boy
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Aloha
as Winifred Bradford
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Whispering Whoopee
as Miss Todd
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Broadminded
as Gertie Gardner
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Done in Oil
as Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd
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All Teed Up
as Thelma
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MOVIE1931
Catch-As Catch-Can
as Thelma
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MOVIE1935
Twin Triplets
as Thelma
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MOVIE1932
Sneak Easily
as Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense
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Look out Below
as Thelma
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Crazy Feet
as Dancer
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MOVIE1930
The Shrimp
as Jim's Girlfriend
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MOVIE1935
The Tin Man
as Thelma Todd
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MOVIE1928
The Crash
as Daisy McQueen
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I'll Be Suing You
as Miss Todd
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The Old Bull
as Thelma
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Swanee River
as Caroline
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Bum Voyage
as Thelma
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The King
as The Queen
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The Real McCoy
as Thelma
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MOVIE1935
Top Flat
as Thelma Todd
MOVIE1929
Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon
as The Woman
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Treasure Blues
as Thelma
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One-Horse Farmers
as Thelma
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The Shield of Honor
as Rose aka Flora Fisher
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MOVIE1927
Fireman, Save My Child
as (uncredited)
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MOVIE1932
Alum and Eve
as Thelma
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MOVIE1929
Hurdy Gurdy
as Blondie
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8.0
MOVIE1934
Babes in the Goods
as Thelma Todd
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9.0
MOVIE1935
Slightly Static
as Thelma