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The Bohemian Girl

as Gypsy Queen's Daughter

1936
The Tin Man

as Thelma Todd

1935
Palooka

as Trixie

1934
Lightning Strikes Twice

as Judy Nelson

1934
Take the Stand

as Miss Sally Oxford

1934
The Devil's Brother

as Lady Pamela Rocburg

1933
Sitting Pretty

as Gloria Duval

1933
Son of a Sailor

as The Baroness

1933
Cheating Blondes

as Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners

1933
This Is the Night

as Claire Mathewson

1932
Klondike

as Klondike

1932
The Maltese Falcon

as Iva Archer

1931
Chickens Come Home

as Mrs. Hardy

1931
Corsair

as Alison Corning

1931
Follow Thru

as Mrs. Van Horn

1930
The Real McCoy

as Thelma

1930
The Bachelor Girl

as Gladys

1929
The Shield of Honor

as Rose aka Flora Fisher

1927
Nevada

as Hettie Ide

1927
Thelma Todd Thelma Todd

Birthday

1906-07-29

Place of Birth

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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.
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