Rosemary Theby
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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.
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Movies (131)
One Million B.C.
1940 · Shell Person
Undercover Doctor
1939 · Guest (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Woman (uncredited)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937 · Wife
The Devil Is Driving
1937 · Matron (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Our Relations
1936 · Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
His Brother's Wife
1936 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
1936 · Woman (uncredited)
San Francisco
1936 · Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Bit Role (uncredited)
Neighborhood House
1936 · (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
The Drunkard
1935 · Mrs. Jackson
Wings in the Dark
1935 · Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933 · Ma Snavely
Doctor's Orders
1932
Taxi Troubles
1931 · Mrs. Andy Martin
Who's Who in the Zoo
1931 · Mother
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931 · Sarah Morgan
Midnight Daddies
1930 · Mrs. Wilbur Louder
He Trumped Her Ace
1930 · Mrs. Daly
Bulls and Bears
1930 · Eleanor Crenshaw
Sugar Plum Papa
1930 · Princess Olga
Scotch
1930 · Aunt Rose
The Peacock Fan
1929 · Mrs. Rossmore
Montmartre Rose
1929
Trial Marriage
1929 · Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
The Dream Melody
1929 · Alicia Harrison
Girls Who Dare
1929 · 'Alabam' Kenyon
The Chinatown Mystery
1928
The Port of Missing Girls
1928 · School Matron
A Woman Against the World
1928 · Housekeeper
A Bowery Cinderella
1927 · Mrs. Chandler
The Second Hundred Years
1927 · Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Riding to Fame
1927 · Marge
The Truthful Sex
1926 · Jennie
Wreckage
1925 · Margot
Fifth Avenue Models
1925 · Mrs. Van Groot
One Year to Live
1925 · Lolette
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925 · Mrs. Kent
As Man Desires
1925 · Evelyn Beaudine
So Big
1924 · Paula Storm
Secrets of the Night
1924 · Margaret Knowles
The Red Lily
1924 · Nana
A Son of the Sahara
1924 · Rayma
Pagan Passions
1924 · Dreka Langley
Long Live the King
1923 · Countess Olga
In Search of a Thrill
1923 · Jeanne
The Eagle's Feather
1923 · Mrs. Trent
Tea- With a Kick!
1923 · Aunt Pearl
Mary of the Movies
1923 · Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
1923 · Nina Micheltorena
Slander the Woman
1923 · Madame Redoux
Your Friend and Mine
1923 · Mrs. Beatrice Mason
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923 · Madge
The Eternal Flame
1922 · Madame de Serizy
Rich Men's Wives
1922 · Mrs. Lindley-Blair
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922 · Josephine Clifford
I Am the Law
1922 · Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
Yellow Men and Gold
1922 · Carmen
Fightin' Mad
1921 · Nita de Garma
The Last Trail
1921 · Chiquita
Across the Divide
1921 · Rosa [O'Flynn]
Shame
1921 · The Weaver of Dreams
Good Women
1921 · Katherine Brinkley
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1921 · Queen Morgan le Fay
Partners of Fate
1921 · Frances Lloyd
Dice of Destiny
1920 · Agnes
Unseen Forces
1920 · Winifred
Kismet
1920 · Kut-al-Kulub
The Little Grey Mouse
1920 · Hedda Kossiter
Married to Order
1920 · Rose
Whispering Devils
1920 · Audrey Lesden
A Splendid Hazard
1920 · Hedda Gobert
Rio Grande
1920 · Maria Inez
The Butterfly Man
1920 · Mrs. Fielding
Terror Island
1920 · Stella Mourdant
The Mystery Of 13
1919 · Marian Green
Yvonne from Paris
1919 · Cecile
Upstairs and Down
1919 · Betty Chesterton
The Hushed Hour
1919 · Daisy Appleton
The Amateur Adventuress
1919 · Flossie
When a Woman Strikes
1919
Peggy Does Her Darndest
1919 · Eleanor Ensloe
Faith
1919 · Charity Garvice
The Midnight Patrol
1918 · Patsy O'Connell
The Silent Mystery
1918 · Priestess Kah
Unexpected Places
1918 · Cherie
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
1918 · Mrs. Wilmerding
The Great Love
1918 · Miss Corintee
Bright and Early
1918 · His Daughter
The Winged Mystery
1917 · Shirley Wayne
His Strenuous Visit
1916
The Chalk Line
1916 · Mrs. Love
A Model Husband
1916 · Mrs Cherub
The Man of Shame
1915 · Julia
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
1914 · May
The Master Painter
1913 · Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
1913 · Ethel Wynne
Cupid Through a Keyhole
1913 · Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
The Web
1913 · Beatrice Esmond
The Classmate's Frolic
1913 · Classmate
Betty's Baby
1913 · Betty
The Little Minister
1913
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
1913 · The Nurse
The Reincarnation of Karma
1912 · Quinetrea
The Awakening of Bianca
1912
The Hand Bag
1912 · Tom's Sweetheart
The Mills of the Gods
1912 · Giulia
The Toymaker
1912 · Nell Avery
Father's Hot Toddy
1912 · Second Daughter
The Godmother
1912 · Third Girl
As You Like It
1912 · Celia
A Fortune in a Teacup
1912 · Sybil
Written in the Sand
1912 · Norma Gyntsen
The Two Battles
1912 · Gladys Mayford
A Juvenile Love Affair
1912 · Jane's Mother
The Light of St. Bernard
1912 · Marie
Wanted, a Sister
1912
Rock of Ages
1912
An Eventful Elopement
1912 · Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
Love in the Ghetto
1912 · Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
His Father's Son
1912 · Dick's Sweetheart
The Illumination
1912 · Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
1912
Irene's Infatuation
1912 · Helen - Irene's Friend
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
1912
The Geranium
1911 · Ethel Tunison
The Sacrifice
1911
His Wedding Promise
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