Rosemary Theby

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Rosemary Theby (1923)

Rosemary Theresa Theby (born April 8, 1892 in St. Louis , Missouri , † November 10, 1973 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress of the silent and early talkies era. In the period from 1911 to 1940 she appeared in almost 250 films.

Life

Rosemary Theby spent her youth in New York City and attended Sargent's School there. She received her first film role in 1911. Theby worked for Vitagraph in the following years , before moving to Universal Studios in 1915 .

Until the fall of the silent film era, Theby was seen in dozens of film productions, often impersonating the leading female actress. In 1918 she played a German spy in the war drama The Great Love, directed by David Wark Griffith . In 1927 Theby made a small appearance as a dinner guest in Laurel and Hardy: The Second Hundred Years . With the advent of the talkie, the number of her roles decreased, but Theby continued to enjoy success as an actress. In 1933 she played the leading female role in the short comedy The Fatal Glass of Beer . Theby had one last small film appearance in 1940 in Tumak, the lord of the jungle .

Theby worked exclusively as a film actress. She turned down offers for stage roles by Chauncey Olcott despite a high fee.

Rosemary Theby married the actor, screenwriter and director Harry Myers in 1915 . After Myers died in 1938, she married Truitt Hughes that same year, which lasted until her death. Theby was also politically active and, among other things, publicly supported the election campaign of the future US President Calvin Coolidge .

Rosemary Theby died on November 10, 1973 at the age of 81 of circulatory shock in Los Angeles. She was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1912: As You Like It
  • 1912: Mills of the Gods
  • 1913: One Can't Always Tell
  • 1915: baby
  • 1918: The Silent Mystery
  • 1918: The Great Love
  • 1918: The Rogue
  • 1918: Bright and Early
  • 1918: Boston Blackie's Little Pal
  • 1918: Unexpected Places
  • 1919: The Spender
  • 1919: Faith
  • 1919: The Amateur Adventuress
  • 1919: Tangled Threads
  • 1919: The Mystery of 13 ( Serial )
  • 1920: Terror Island
  • 1920: Married to Order
  • 1920: Kismet
  • 1920: Dice of Destiny
  • 1920: A Splendid Hazard
  • 1920: The Little Gray Mouse
  • 1920: Unseen Forces
  • 1921: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
  • 1921: Shame
  • 1922: I Am the Law
  • 1922: More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
  • 1923: Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
  • 1923: The Girl of the Golden West
  • 1923: Mary of the Movies
  • 1924: A Son of the Sahara
  • 1924: The Red Lily
  • 1925: As Man Desires
  • 1925: Fifth Avenue Models
  • 1925: One Year to Live
  • 1927: Laurel and Hardy: The Second Hundred Years (The Second Hundred Years)
  • 1928: The Port of Missing Girls
  • 1933: The Fatal Glass of Beer
  • 1935: Man on the Flying Trapeze
  • 1940: Tumak, the lord of the jungle (One Million BC)

Web links

Commons : Rosemary Theby  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosemary Theresa Theby. In: Find a Grave . January 5, 2015, accessed April 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Theby, Rosemary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theby, Rosemary Theresa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1973
Place of death Los Angeles , California