Rosemary Theby
131 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 7, 1892
- Died
- Nov 10, 1973 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Rose Masing · Rosemary Thebe · Rosemary Theresa Theby
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.5 You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Film
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★ 7.5 Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Film
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★ 7.0 Our Relations
1936 · Film
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★ 6.6 San Francisco
1936 · Film
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★ 6.0 The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933 · Film
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★ 5.8 One Million B.C.
1940 · Film
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★ 6.2 The Second 100 Years
1927 · Film
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★ 6.3 Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Film
Rosemary Theby: movies and TV shows
Acting (131)
- Upcoming
- 1940 One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
- 1939 Undercover Doctor
as Guest (uncredited)
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Woman (uncredited)
- 1937 Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
as Wife
- 1937 The Devil Is Driving
as Matron (uncredited)
- 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1936 Our Relations
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
- 1936 His Brother's Wife
as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1936 Yours for the Asking
as Woman (uncredited)
- 1936 San Francisco
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
- 1936 One Rainy Afternoon
as Bit Role (uncredited)
- 1936 Neighborhood House
as (uncredited)
- 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
- 1935 The Drunkard
as Mrs. Jackson
- 1935 Wings in the Dark
as Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1933 The Fatal Glass of Beer
as Ma Snavely
- 1932
- 1931 Taxi Troubles
as Mrs. Andy Martin
- 1931 Who's Who in the Zoo
as Mother
- 1931 Ten Nights in a Bar-room
as Sarah Morgan
- 1930 Midnight Daddies
as Mrs. Wilbur Louder
- 1930 He Trumped Her Ace
as Mrs. Daly
- 1930 Bulls and Bears
as Eleanor Crenshaw
- 1930 Sugar Plum Papa
as Princess Olga
- 1930 Scotch
as Aunt Rose
- 1929 The Peacock Fan
as Mrs. Rossmore
- 1929
- 1929 Trial Marriage
as Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
- 1929 The Dream Melody
as Alicia Harrison
- 1929 Girls Who Dare
as 'Alabam' Kenyon
- 1928
- 1928 The Port of Missing Girls
as School Matron
- 1928 A Woman Against the World
as Housekeeper
- 1927 A Bowery Cinderella
as Mrs. Chandler
- 1927 The Second 100 Years
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
- 1927 Riding to Fame
as Marge
- 1926 The Truthful Sex
as Jennie
- 1925 Wreckage
as Margot
- 1925 Fifth Avenue Models
as Mrs. Van Groot
- 1925 One Year to Live
as Lolette
- 1925 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Mrs. Kent
- 1925 As Man Desires
as Evelyn Beaudine
- 1924 So Big
as Paula Storm
- 1924 Secrets of the Night
as Margaret Knowles
- 1924 The Red Lily
as Nana
- 1924 A Son of the Sahara
as Rayma
- 1924 Pagan Passions
as Dreka Langley
- 1923 Long Live the King
as Countess Olga
- 1923 In Search of a Thrill
as Jeanne
- 1923 The Eagle's Feather
as Mrs. Trent
- 1923 Tea- With a Kick!
as Aunt Pearl
- 1923 Mary of the Movies
as Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
- 1923 The Girl of the Golden West
as Nina Micheltorena
- 1923 Slander the Woman
as Madame Redoux
- 1923 Your Friend and Mine
as Mrs. Beatrice Mason
- 1923 Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
as Madge
- 1922 The Eternal Flame
as Madame de Serizy
- 1922 Rich Men's Wives
as Mrs. Lindley-Blair
- 1922 More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
as Josephine Clifford
- 1922 I Am the Law
as Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
- 1922 Yellow Men and Gold
as Carmen
- 1921 Fightin' Mad
as Nita de Garma
- 1921 The Last Trail
as Chiquita
- 1921 Across the Divide
as Rosa [O'Flynn]
- 1921 Shame
as The Weaver of Dreams
- 1921 Good Women
as Katherine Brinkley
- 1921 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Queen Morgan le Fay
- 1921 Partners of Fate
as Frances Lloyd
- 1920 Dice of Destiny
as Agnes
- 1920 Unseen Forces
as Winifred
- 1920 Kismet
as Kut-al-Kulub
- 1920 The Little Grey Mouse
as Hedda Kossiter
- 1920 Married to Order
as Rose
- 1920 Whispering Devils
as Audrey Lesden
- 1920 A Splendid Hazard
as Hedda Gobert
- 1920 Rio Grande
as Maria Inez
- 1920 The Butterfly Man
as Mrs. Fielding
- 1920 Terror Island
as Stella Mourdant
- 1919 The Mystery Of 13
as Marian Green
- 1919 Yvonne from Paris
as Cecile
- 1919 Upstairs and Down
as Betty Chesterton
- 1919 The Hushed Hour
as Daisy Appleton
- 1919 The Amateur Adventuress
as Flossie
- 1919
- 1919 Peggy Does Her Darndest
as Eleanor Ensloe
- 1919 Faith
as Charity Garvice
- 1918 The Midnight Patrol
as Patsy O'Connell
- 1918 The Silent Mystery
as Priestess Kah
- 1918 Unexpected Places
as Cherie
- 1918 Boston Blackie's Little Pal
as Mrs. Wilmerding
- 1918 The Great Love
as Miss Corintee
- 1918 Bright and Early
as His Daughter
- 1917 The Winged Mystery
as Shirley Wayne
- 1916
- 1916 The Chalk Line
as Mrs. Love
- 1916 A Model Husband
as Mrs Cherub
- 1915 The Man of Shame
as Julia
- 1914
- 1913 The Master Painter
as Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
- 1913 The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
as Ethel Wynne
- 1913 Cupid Through a Keyhole
as Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
- 1913 The Web
as Beatrice Esmond
- 1913 The Classmate's Frolic
as Classmate
- 1913 Betty's Baby
as Betty
- 1913
- 1913 The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as The Nurse
- 1912 The Reincarnation of Karma
as Quinetrea
- 1912
- 1912 The Hand Bag
as Tom's Sweetheart
- 1912 The Mills of the Gods
as Giulia
- 1912 The Toymaker
as Nell Avery
- 1912 Father's Hot Toddy
as Second Daughter
- 1912 The Godmother
as Third Girl
- 1912 As You Like It
as Celia
- 1912 A Fortune in a Teacup
as Sybil
- 1912 Written in the Sand
as Norma Gyntsen
- 1912 The Two Battles
as Gladys Mayford
- 1912 A Juvenile Love Affair
as Jane's Mother
- 1912 The Light of St. Bernard
as Marie
- 1912
- 1912
- 1912 An Eventful Elopement
as Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
- 1912 Love in the Ghetto
as Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
- 1912 His Father's Son
as Dick's Sweetheart
- 1912 The Illumination
as Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
- 1912
- 1912 Irene's Infatuation
as Helen - Irene's Friend
- 1912
- 1911 The Geranium
as Ethel Tunison
- 1911