Rosemary Theby
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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.
Known for
You Can't Take It with You
Woman (uncredited)
San Francisco
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Wings in the Dark
Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
Our Relations
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Shell Person
So Big
Paula Storm
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
His Brother's Wife
Minor Role (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Ma Snavely
The Second 100 Years
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
Bright and Early
His Daughter
The Little Minister
Yours for the Asking
Woman (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
Matron (uncredited)
The Red Lily
Nana
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Sarah Morgan
Terror Island
Stella Mourdant
Long Live the King
Countess Olga
The Butterfly Man
Mrs. Fielding
Undercover Doctor
Guest (uncredited)
Shame
The Weaver of Dreams
The Great Love
Miss Corintee
Vogues of 1938
Wife
The Last Trail
Chiquita
The Eternal Flame
Madame de Serizy
Montmartre Rose
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
Madge
Tea- With a Kick!
Aunt Pearl
Married to Order
Rose
Sugar Plum Papa
Princess Olga
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Queen Morgan le Fay
Mary of the Movies
Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
A Model Husband
Mrs Cherub
Midnight Daddies
Mrs. Wilbur Louder
Unexpected Places
Cherie
A Son of the Sahara
Rayma
The Dream Melody
Alicia Harrison
Unseen Forces
Winifred
Upstairs and Down
Betty Chesterton
Who's Who in the Zoo
Mother
Scotch
Aunt Rose
Doctor's Orders
Taxi Troubles
Mrs. Andy Martin
The Silent Mystery
Priestess Kah
Fightin' Mad
Nita de Garma
Fifth Avenue Models
Mrs. Van Groot
As Man Desires
Evelyn Beaudine
The Illumination
Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
The Port of Missing Girls
School Matron
Neighborhood House
(uncredited)
The Godmother
Third Girl
Slander the Woman
Madame Redoux
The Chinatown Mystery
The Drunkard
Mrs. Jackson
Trial Marriage
Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
Wanted, a Sister
Kismet
Kut-al-Kulub
As You Like It
Celia
The Sacrifice
The Web
Beatrice Esmond
One Year to Live
Lolette
Riding to Fame
Marge
The Geranium
Ethel Tunison
The Peacock Fan
Mrs. Rossmore
A Splendid Hazard
Hedda Gobert
Yellow Men and Gold
Carmen
Bulls and Bears
Eleanor Crenshaw
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
The Nurse
The Mills of the Gods
Giulia
An Eventful Elopement
Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Mrs. Kent
The Girl of the Golden West
Nina Micheltorena
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
The Man of Shame
Julia
The Winged Mystery
Shirley Wayne
Secrets of the Night
Margaret Knowles
Rock of Ages
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
Ethel Wynne
He Trumped Her Ace
Mrs. Daly
A Juvenile Love Affair
Jane's Mother
The Toymaker
Nell Avery
The Master Painter
Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
In Search of a Thrill
Jeanne
Girls Who Dare
'Alabam' Kenyon
The Midnight Patrol
Patsy O'Connell
The Mystery Of 13
Marian Green
Father's Hot Toddy
Second Daughter
I Am the Law
Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Mrs. Wilmerding
Rio Grande
Maria Inez
The Hushed Hour
Daisy Appleton
His Father's Son
Dick's Sweetheart
Love in the Ghetto
Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
Betty's Baby
Betty
A Fortune in a Teacup
Sybil
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
Written in the Sand
Norma Gyntsen
The Reincarnation of Karma
Quinetrea
Irene's Infatuation
Helen - Irene's Friend
Cupid Through a Keyhole
Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
The Light of St. Bernard
Marie
His Strenuous Visit
The Classmate's Frolic
Classmate
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
May
Across the Divide
Rosa [O'Flynn]
The Two Battles
Gladys Mayford
The Hand Bag
Tom's Sweetheart
When a Woman Strikes
The Chalk Line
Mrs. Love