Rosemary Theby

Acting · 0.3 popularity

Age

134

Movies

131

Born: April 7, 1892 – November 10, 1973
From: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia 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.

Works

131 films

You Can't Take It with You

19387.5

San Francisco

19366.6

One Million B.C.

19405.9

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

Pagan Passions

19248.0

A Model Husband

19166.5

Undercover Doctor

19396.7

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

19375.5

His Brother's Wife

19365.8

Whispering Devils

19205.0

Wreckage

19258.0

Unexpected Places

19189.0

The Eagle's Feather

1923

Our Relations

19367.0

Man on the Flying Trapeze

19356.2

Good Women

19218.0

Faith

19197.0

Rich Men's Wives

19224.0

Yours for the Asking

19365.3

I Am the Law

192210.0

The Amateur Adventuress

1919

One Rainy Afternoon

19365.0

Peggy Does Her Darndest

191910.0

The Eternal Flame

192210.0

Fightin' Mad

192110.0

The Second 100 Years

19276.3

Dice of Destiny

19207.0

The Fatal Glass of Beer

19336.0

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

19315.6

Secrets of the Night

19246.7

Your Friend and Mine

19239.0

Married to Order

19205.9

The Red Lily

19246.2

Terror Island

19205.3

A Bowery Cinderella

19277.0

Long Live the King

19237.0

The Drunkard

19357.0

So Big

19249.0

The Truthful Sex

19263.3

Neighborhood House

19369.0

A Son of the Sahara

19247.5

A Woman Against the World

192810.0

The Butterfly Man

19209.0

Father's Hot Toddy

19129.0

The Peacock Fan

19298.0

The Girl of the Golden West

19238.0

The Devil Is Driving

19376.5

Wings in the Dark

19356.4

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

19238.0

Upstairs and Down

19197.0

As You Like It

19121.0

The Silent Mystery

1918

The Chinatown Mystery

19289.0

Yvonne from Paris

191910.0

The Little Minister

1913

The Little Grey Mouse

19208.0

In Search of a Thrill

19237.0

Riding to Fame

19279.0

Tea- With a Kick!

192310.0

Taxi Troubles

193110.0

Mary of the Movies

19238.0

Kismet

19208.3

The Great Love

1918

The Light of St. Bernard

19128.0

Unseen Forces

19206.1

Shame

192110.0

Fifth Avenue Models

19259.0

A Juvenile Love Affair

1912

The Awakening of Bianca

19128.0

When a Woman Strikes

19198.0

The Last Trail

19217.0

Trial Marriage

192910.0

Bulls and Bears

19307.0

Boston Blackie's Little Pal

19186.5

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

19257.0

The Port of Missing Girls

19287.0

Across the Divide

192110.0

Partners of Fate

192110.0

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

19217.0

The Hushed Hour

19198.0

Yellow Men and Gold

192210.0

Midnight Daddies

19309.0

Rio Grande

19209.0

The Web

1913

The Toymaker

19129.0

Bright and Early

19184.6

Scotch

19308.0

Who's Who in the Zoo

1931

Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror

1914

One Year to Live

19258.0

A Splendid Hazard

19208.0

The Classmate's Frolic

19135.0

The Winged Mystery

1917

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

19229.0

Slander the Woman

19237.0

The Illumination

1912

Doctor's Orders

19329.0

As Man Desires

19254.5

The Mystery Of 13

19196.0

Montmartre Rose

19299.0

The Mills of the Gods

19126.0

Written in the Sand

19129.0

The Reincarnation of Karma

19129.0

Cupid Through a Keyhole

1913

The Man of Shame

1915

The Hand Bag

19126.5

He Trumped Her Ace

19307.0

The Geranium

1911

An Eventful Elopement

19127.0

The Sacrifice

19118.5

His Strenuous Visit

1916

Girls Who Dare

19299.0

A Fortune in a Teacup

19128.0

Sugar Plum Papa

19307.0

The Godmother

1912

Love in the Ghetto

191210.0

The Dream Melody

19297.0

The Master Painter

19137.5

The Chalk Line

1916

The Two Battles

19129.0

Wanted, a Sister

19128.0

A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli

19128.0

Mr. Bolter's Infatuation

19126.5

Rock of Ages

19129.7

His Father's Son

19128.0

Irene's Infatuation

19129.0

The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened

19139.0

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

191310.0

Betty's Baby

191310.0

The Midnight Patrol

19187.0

His Wedding Promise

2026