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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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Filmography (Movies)
Murders of Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2003
Death Scenes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1989
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1988
Yesterday and Today
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/1953
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1942
The Bohemian Girl
Character:Gypsy Queen's Daughter
Release Date:14/02/1936
An All American Toothache
Character:Thelma Alice Todd
Release Date:25/01/1936
Top Flat
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:21/12/1935
Hot Money
Character:Miss Thelma Todd
Release Date:16/11/1935
Twin Triplets
Character:Thelma
Release Date:12/10/1935
Two for Tonight
Character:Lilly
Release Date:12/09/1935
Slightly Static
Character:Thelma
Release Date:07/09/1935
After the Dance
Character:Mabel Kane
Release Date:25/06/1935
The Misses Stooge
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:20/04/1935
The Tin Man
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:30/03/1935
Sing Sister Sing
Character:Thelma
Release Date:02/03/1935
Treasure Blues
Character:Thelma
Release Date:26/01/1935
Bum Voyage
Character:Thelma
Release Date:15/12/1934
Lightning Strikes Twice
Character:Judy Nelson
Release Date:07/12/1934
Done in Oil
Character:Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd
Release Date:10/11/1934
Opened by Mistake
Character:Thelma
Release Date:05/10/1934
Take the Stand
Character:Miss Sally Oxford
Release Date:07/08/1934
One-Horse Farmers
Character:Thelma
Release Date:01/08/1934
Three Chumps Ahead
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:14/07/1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Character:Lady Genevieve
Release Date:29/06/1934
I'll Be Suing You
Character:Miss Todd
Release Date:23/06/1934
Maid in Hollywood
Character:Thelma
Release Date:19/05/1934
Bottoms Up
Character:Judith Marlowe
Release Date:12/04/1934
Soup and Fish
Character:Miss Thelma Todd
Release Date:30/03/1934
The Poor Rich
Character:Gwendolyn Fetherstone
Release Date:25/02/1934
Babes in the Goods
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:10/02/1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Character:Miss Amelia Frisby
Release Date:02/02/1934
Palooka
Character:Trixie
Release Date:26/01/1934
Counsellor at Law
Character:Lillian La Rue
Release Date:25/12/1933
Air Fright
Character:Thelma
Release Date:23/12/1933
Son of a Sailor
Character:The Baroness
Release Date:29/11/1933
Sitting Pretty
Character:Gloria Duval
Release Date:23/11/1933
Backs to Nature
Character:Thelma
Release Date:14/11/1933
You Made Me Love You
Character:Pamela Berne
Release Date:01/10/1933
Beauty and the Bus
Character:Thelma
Release Date:16/09/1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Character:Lois Cavanaugh
Release Date:22/07/1933
One Track Minds
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:20/05/1933
The Devil's Brother
Character:Lady Pamela Rocburg
Release Date:05/05/1933
Cheating Blondes
Character:Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners
Release Date:01/05/1933
The Bargain of the Century
Character:Thelma
Release Date:08/04/1933
Maids a la Mode
Character:Miss Todd
Release Date:04/03/1933
Asleep in the Feet
Character:Thelma
Release Date:21/01/1933
Air Hostess
Character:Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton
Release Date:15/01/1933
Sneak Easily
Character:Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense
Release Date:10/12/1932
Call Her Savage
Character:Sunny De Lane
Release Date:24/11/1932
Deception
Character:Lola Del Mont
Release Date:04/11/1932
The Soilers
Character:Thelma
Release Date:29/10/1932
Alum and Eve
Character:Thelma
Release Date:24/09/1932
Klondike
Character:Klondike
Release Date:29/08/1932
Show Business
Character:Thelma
Release Date:20/08/1932
Horse Feathers
Character:Connie Bailey
Release Date:19/08/1932
Speak Easily
Character:Eleanor Espere
Release Date:13/08/1932
The Old Bull
Character:Thelma
Release Date:04/06/1932
Strictly Unreliable
Character:Miss Thelma Todd
Release Date:30/04/1932
This Is the Night
Character:Claire Mathewson
Release Date:08/04/1932
Red Noses
Character:Miss Todd
Release Date:18/03/1932
The Nickel Nurser
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:12/03/1932
The Big Timer
Character:Kay Mitchell
Release Date:10/03/1932
Sealskins
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:06/02/1932
On the Loose
Character:Thelma
Release Date:26/12/1931
Corsair
Character:Alison Corning
Release Date:28/11/1931
War Mamas
Character:Thelma
Release Date:14/11/1931
The Pajama Party
Character:Thelma
Release Date:03/10/1931
Monkey Business
Character:Lucille Briggs
Release Date:19/09/1931
Catch-As Catch-Can
Character:Thelma
Release Date:22/08/1931
Broadminded
Character:Gertie Gardner
Release Date:01/08/1931
Let's Do Things
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:06/06/1931
The Maltese Falcon
Character:Iva Archer
Release Date:23/05/1931
Aloha
Character:Winifred Bradford
Release Date:26/04/1931
Rough Seas
Character:Antoinette
Release Date:24/04/1931
Love Fever
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:11/04/1931
The Hot Heiress
Character:Lola
Release Date:28/03/1931
The Pip from Pittsburg
Character:Thelma
Release Date:21/03/1931
Swanee River
Character:Caroline
Release Date:15/03/1931
Chickens Come Home
Character:Mrs. Hardy
Release Date:21/02/1931
Command Performance
Character:Lydia
Release Date:19/01/1931
No Limit
Character:Betty Royce
Release Date:15/01/1931
High C's
Character:Antoinette
Release Date:27/12/1930
Another Fine Mess
Character:Lady Plumtree (uncredited)
Release Date:29/11/1930
Looser Than Loose
Character:Thelma, Charley's Fiancee
Release Date:15/11/1930
Dollar Dizzy
Character:Thelma Todd
Release Date:03/10/1930
Follow Thru
Character:Ruth Van Horn
Release Date:26/09/1930
Her Man
Character:Nelly
Release Date:21/09/1930
The King
Character:The Queen
Release Date:14/06/1930
The Shrimp
Character:Jim's Girlfriend
Release Date:03/05/1930
All Teed Up
Character:Thelma
Release Date:16/04/1930
Whispering Whoopee
Character:Miss Todd
Release Date:08/03/1930
The Fighting Parson
Character:The Blonde Dance Hall Girl
Release Date:06/02/1930
The Real McCoy
Character:Thelma
Release Date:01/02/1930
The Head Guy
Character:The Star
Release Date:11/01/1930
Stepping Out
Character:Charley's Wife
Release Date:02/11/1929
Sky Boy
Character:
Release Date:05/10/1929
Crazy Feet
Character:Dancer
Release Date:07/09/1929
Her Private Life
Character:Mrs. Leslie
Release Date:25/08/1929
Hotter Than Hot
Character:
Release Date:17/08/1929
Look out Below
Character:Thelma
Release Date:17/08/1929
Snappy Sneezer
Character:Mary White
Release Date:29/07/1929
Careers
Character:Hortense
Release Date:02/06/1929
The Bachelor Girl
Character:Gladys
Release Date:20/05/1929
Hurdy Gurdy
Character:Blondie
Release Date:10/05/1929
Unaccustomed as We Are
Character:Mrs. Kennedy
Release Date:04/05/1929
House of Horror
Character:Thelma
Release Date:28/04/1929
Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon
Character:The Woman
Release Date:01/04/1929
Trial Marriage
Character:Grace Logan
Release Date:10/03/1929
Seven Footprints to Satan
Character:Eve
Release Date:27/01/1929
Naughty Baby
Character:Bonnie Le Vonne
Release Date:16/12/1928
The Haunted House
Character:The Nurse
Release Date:04/11/1928
The Crash
Character:Daisy McQueen
Release Date:07/10/1928
Heart to Heart
Character:Ruby Boyd
Release Date:22/07/1928
Vamping Venus
Character:Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
Release Date:13/05/1928
The Noose
Character:Phyllis
Release Date:29/01/1928
The Shield of Honor
Character:Rose aka Flora Fisher
Release Date:10/12/1927
The Gay Defender
Character:Ruth Ainsworth
Release Date:10/12/1927
Nevada
Character:Hettie Ide
Release Date:01/08/1927
Fireman, Save My Child
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:01/08/1927
Rubber Heels
Character:Princess Aline
Release Date:11/06/1927
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Character:Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1926
Fascinating Youth
Character:Lorraine Lane
Release Date:17/03/1926
Television Appearances
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