Thelma Todd

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	0.7867
Birthday	1906-07-29
Place of Birth	Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As	Alison Loyd, Тельма Тодд, Thelma Alice Todd, Hot Toddy, The Ice Cream Blonde,

Seven Footprints to Satan

The Maltese Falcon

Monkey Business

Horse Feathers

Speak Easily

Yesterday and Today

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

On the Loose

Another Fine Mess

Chickens Come Home

Unaccustomed as We Are

The Bohemian Girl

This Is the Night

Air Hostess

Corsair

Counsellor at Law

The Devil's Brother

Call Her Savage

Cockeyed Cavaliers

Nevada

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

Her Man

Klondike

Whispering Whoopee

Sitting Pretty

Lightning Strikes Twice

Mary Stevens, M.D.

The Poor Rich

Broadminded

The Hot Heiress

Son of a Sailor

Two for Tonight

Rough Seas

The Big Timer

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

High C's

No Limit

Maid in Hollywood

The Bargain of the Century

Top Flat

Show Business

Sealskins

Asleep in the Feet

The Pip from Pittsburg

The Tin Man

Follow Thru

Catch-As Catch-Can

Red Noses

Sing Sister Sing

Soup and Fish

The Real McCoy

Dollar Dizzy

Hot Money

Maids a la Mode

One-Horse Farmers

Opened by Mistake

Heart to Heart

The Nickel Nurser

Command Performance

Backs to Nature

Palooka

Love Fever

The Fighting Parson

The Shrimp

The King

The Head Guy

War Mamas

Twin Triplets

Treasure Blues

Three Chumps Ahead

The Soilers

The Pajama Party

The Old Bull

The Misses Stooge

Strictly Unreliable

Sneak Easily

Slightly Static

One Track Minds

Let's Do Things

I'll Be Suing You