Rosemary Theby

Acting · 0.4 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

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

One Million B.C.

19405.9

Whispering Devils

19205.0

His Brother's Wife

19365.8

Pagan Passions

19248.0

Undercover Doctor

19396.7

The Eagle's Feather

1923

Our Relations

19367.0

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

19375.5

A Model Husband

19166.5

Good Women

19218.0

Unexpected Places

19189.0

Wreckage

19258.0

Faith

19197.0

Man on the Flying Trapeze

19356.2

Married to Order

19205.9

Yours for the Asking

19365.3

The Amateur Adventuress

1919

Dice of Destiny

19207.0

The Eternal Flame

192210.0

The Red Lily

19246.2

The Fatal Glass of Beer

19336.0

I Am the Law

192210.0

One Rainy Afternoon

19365.0

The Second 100 Years

19276.3

Rich Men's Wives

19224.0

So Big

19249.0

Long Live the King

19237.0

Terror Island

19205.3

A Bowery Cinderella

19277.0

Your Friend and Mine

19239.0

Mary of the Movies

19238.0

Shame

192110.0

Slander the Woman

19237.0

Fifth Avenue Models

19259.0

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

19315.6

Secrets of the Night

19246.7

Bulls and Bears

19307.0

The Illumination

1912

Father's Hot Toddy

19129.0

Midnight Daddies

19309.0

Wings in the Dark

19356.4

Peggy Does Her Darndest

191910.0

A Woman Against the World

192810.0

The Devil Is Driving

19376.5

Taxi Troubles

193110.0

Unseen Forces

19206.1

The Little Grey Mouse

19208.0

Neighborhood House

19369.0

A Son of the Sahara

19247.5

The Drunkard

19357.0

Fightin' Mad

192110.0

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

19238.0

Tea- With a Kick!

192310.0

A Juvenile Love Affair

1912

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

19217.0

Yvonne from Paris

191910.0

The Midnight Patrol

19187.0

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

19257.0

The Girl of the Golden West

19238.0

The Last Trail

19217.0

Doctor's Orders

19329.0

Kismet

19208.3

The Little Minister

1913

As You Like It

19121.0

The Truthful Sex

19263.3

In Search of a Thrill

19237.0

Upstairs and Down

19197.0

The Great Love

1918

He Trumped Her Ace

19307.0

Written in the Sand

19129.0

The Chinatown Mystery

19289.0

The Peacock Fan

19298.0

The Silent Mystery

1918

Riding to Fame

19279.0

As Man Desires

19254.5

Across the Divide

192110.0

The Hushed Hour

19198.0

Partners of Fate

192110.0

The Butterfly Man

19209.0

Who's Who in the Zoo

1931

Boston Blackie's Little Pal

19186.5

The Geranium

1911

A Splendid Hazard

19208.0

Bright and Early

19184.6

The Awakening of Bianca

19128.0

The Classmate's Frolic

19135.0

The Mystery Of 13

19196.0

The Web

1913

Trial Marriage

192910.0

One Year to Live

19258.0

The Sacrifice

19118.5

Scotch

19308.0

Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror

1914

The Port of Missing Girls

19287.0

The Light of St. Bernard

19128.0

Yellow Men and Gold

192210.0

An Eventful Elopement

19127.0

When a Woman Strikes

19198.0

The Hand Bag

19126.5

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

19128.0

The Winged Mystery

1917

Wanted, a Sister

19128.0

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

19229.0

Cupid Through a Keyhole

1913

The Mills of the Gods

19126.0

Sugar Plum Papa

19307.0

The Reincarnation of Karma

19129.0

The Godmother

1912

Girls Who Dare

19299.0

The Master Painter

19137.5

The Toymaker

19129.0

The Chalk Line

1916

A Fortune in a Teacup

19128.0

The Dream Melody

19297.0

Montmartre Rose

19299.0

The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened

19139.0

His Strenuous Visit

1916

The Two Battles

19129.0

Rio Grande

19209.0

The Man of Shame

1915

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

191310.0

Rock of Ages

19129.7

Love in the Ghetto

191210.0

Mr. Bolter's Infatuation

19126.5

His Father's Son

19128.0

Betty's Baby

191310.0

His Wedding Promise

2026

Irene's Infatuation

19129.0