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Rosemary Theby
Actor
Born April 7, 1892Died November 10, 1973 (81 years)
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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.
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.
Filmography
| 2005 | The Great Man: W.C. Fields · as Mrs. Snavely (clip From A Fatal Glass Of Beer (1933)) |
| 1940 | One Million B.C. · as Shell Person |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Woman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Vogues of 1938 · as Wife |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Rich Relations · as Cast |
| 1936 | Our Relations · as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | His Brother's Wife · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Yours for the Asking · as Woman |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | One Rainy Afternoon · as Bit Role (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Neighborhood House · as (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze · as Helpful Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Wings in the Dark · as Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Fatal Glass of Beer · as Ma Snavely |
| 1931 | Ten Nights in a Bar-Room · as Sarah Morgan |
| 1927 | The Second 100 Years · as Dinner Guest (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Re-Creation of Brian Kent · as Mrs. Kent |
| 1924 | The Red Lily · as Nana |
| 1921 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · as Queen Morgan Le Fay |
| 1920 | Unseen Forces · as Winifred |
| 1920 | Kismet · as Kut-Al-Kulub |
| 1920 | Terror Island · as Stella Mourdant |
| 1918 | The Great Love · as Miss Corintee |
| 1914 | A Question of Right · as Louise Gray |
| 1913 | The Heart of a Rose · as Editha |
| 1913 | Better Days · as Mrs. Gordon |
| 1913 | The Counsel for the Defense · as Eloise Grizell |
| 1913 | Ashes · as Carmencita The Dancer |
| 1913 | A Husband's Trick · as Beatrice Penfield - Penfield's Sister |
| 1913 | A Fighting Chance · as Mrs. Robert Wynn |