Thelma Todd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 29, 1906, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- December 16, 1935
- Movies
- 125
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2003 | Murders of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Death In Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1989 | Death Scenes | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) |
| 1936 | The Bohemian Girl | Gypsy Queen's Daughter |
| 1936 | An All American Toothache | Thelma Alice Todd |
| 1935 | Top Flat | Thelma Todd |
| 1935 | Hot Money | Miss Thelma Todd |
| 1935 | Twin Triplets | Thelma |
| 1935 | Two for Tonight | Lilly |
| 1935 | Slightly Static | Thelma |
| 1935 | After the Dance | Mabel Kane |
| 1935 | The Misses Stooge | Thelma Todd |
| 1935 | The Tin Man | Thelma Todd |
| 1935 | Sing Sister Sing | Thelma |
| 1935 | Treasure Blues | Thelma |
| 1934 | Bum Voyage | Thelma |
| 1934 | Lightning Strikes Twice | Judy Nelson |
| 1934 | Done in Oil | Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd |
| 1934 | Opened by Mistake | Thelma |
| 1934 | Take the Stand | Miss Sally Oxford |
| 1934 | One-Horse Farmers | Thelma |
| 1934 | Three Chumps Ahead | Thelma Todd |
| 1934 | Cockeyed Cavaliers | Lady Genevieve |
| 1934 | I'll Be Suing You | Miss Todd |
| 1934 | Maid in Hollywood | Thelma |
| 1934 | Bottoms Up | Judith Marlowe |
| 1934 | Soup and Fish | Miss Thelma Todd |
| 1934 | The Poor Rich | Gwendolyn Fetherstone |
| 1934 | Babes in the Goods | Thelma Todd |
| 1934 | Hips, Hips, Hooray! | Miss Amelia Frisby |
| 1934 | Palooka | Trixie |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law | Lillian La Rue |
| 1933 | Air Fright | Thelma |
| 1933 | Son of a Sailor | The Baroness |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty | Gloria Duval |
| 1933 | Backs to Nature | Thelma |
| 1933 | You Made Me Love You | Pamela Berne |
| 1933 | Beauty and the Bus | Thelma |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Lois Cavanaugh |
| 1933 | One Track Minds | Thelma Todd |
| 1933 | The Devil's Brother | Lady Pamela Rocburg |
| 1933 | Cheating Blondes | Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners |
| 1933 | The Bargain of the Century | Thelma |
| 1933 | Maids a la Mode | Miss Todd |
| 1933 | Asleep in the Feet | Thelma |
| 1933 | Air Hostess | Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton |
| 1932 | Sneak Easily | Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Sunny De Lane |
| 1932 | Deception | Lola Del Mont |
| 1932 | The Soilers | Thelma |
| 1932 | Alum and Eve | Thelma |
| 1932 | Klondike | Klondike |
| 1932 | Show Business | Thelma |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers | Connie Bailey |
| 1932 | Speak Easily | Eleanor Espere |
| 1932 | The Old Bull | Thelma |
| 1932 | Strictly Unreliable | Miss Thelma Todd |
| 1932 | This Is the Night | Claire Mathewson |
| 1932 | Red Noses | Miss Todd |
| 1932 | The Nickel Nurser | Thelma Todd |
| 1932 | The Big Timer | Kay Mitchell |
| 1932 | Sealskins | Thelma Todd |
| 1931 | On the Loose | Thelma |
| 1931 | Corsair | Alison Corning |
| 1931 | War Mamas | Thelma |
| 1931 | The Pajama Party | Thelma |
| 1931 | Monkey Business | Lucille Briggs |
| 1931 | Catch-As Catch-Can | Thelma |
| 1931 | Broadminded | Gertie Gardner |
| 1931 | Let's Do Things | Thelma Todd |
| 1931 | The Maltese Falcon | Iva Archer |
| 1931 | Aloha | Winifred Bradford |
| 1931 | Rough Seas | Antoinette |
| 1931 | Love Fever | Thelma Todd |
| 1931 | The Hot Heiress | Lola |
| 1931 | The Pip from Pittsburg | Thelma |
| 1931 | Swanee River | Caroline |
| 1931 | Chickens Come Home | Mrs. Hardy (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Command Performance | Lydia |
| 1931 | No Limit | Betty Royce |
| 1930 | High C's | Antoinette |
| 1930 | Another Fine Mess | Lady Plumtree (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Looser Than Loose | Thelma, Charley's Fiancee |
| 1930 | Dollar Dizzy | Thelma Todd |
| 1930 | Follow Thru | Ruth Van Horn |
| 1930 | Her Man | Nelly |
| 1930 | The King | The Queen |
| 1930 | The Shrimp | Jim's Girlfriend |
| 1930 | All Teed Up | Thelma |
| 1930 | Whispering Whoopee | Miss Todd |
| 1930 | The Fighting Parson | The Blonde Dance Hall Girl |
| 1930 | The Real McCoy | Thelma |
| 1930 | The Head Guy | The Star |
| 1929 | Stepping Out | Charley's Wife |
| 1929 | Sky Boy | |
| 1929 | Crazy Feet | Dancer |
| 1929 | Her Private Life | Mrs. Leslie |
| 1929 | Look out Below | Thelma |
| 1929 | Hotter Than Hot | |
| 1929 | Snappy Sneezer | Mary White |
| 1929 | Careers | Hortense |
| 1929 | The Bachelor Girl | Gladys |
| 1929 | Hurdy Gurdy | Blondie |
| 1929 | Unaccustomed as We Are | Mrs. Kennedy |
| 1929 | House of Horror | Thelma |
| 1929 | Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon | The Woman |
| 1929 | Trial Marriage | Grace Logan |
| 1929 | Seven Footprints to Satan | Eve Martin |
| 1928 | Naughty Baby | Bonnie Le Vonne |
| 1928 | The Haunted House | The Nurse |
| 1928 | The Crash | Daisy McQueen |
| 1928 | Heart to Heart | Ruby Boyd |
| 1928 | Vamping Venus | Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus |
| 1928 | The Noose | Phyllis |
| 1927 | The Shield of Honor | Rose aka Flora Fisher |
| 1927 | The Gay Defender | Ruth Ainsworth |
| 1927 | Nevada | Hettie Ide |
| 1927 | Fireman, Save My Child | (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Rubber Heels | Princess Aline |
| 1926 | God Gave Me Twenty Cents | Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Fascinating Youth | Lorraine Lane |
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