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)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
San Francisco
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Woman (uncredited)
Our Relations
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Shell Person
Undercover Doctor
Guest (uncredited)
The Little Minister
Across the Divide
Rosa [O'Flynn]
One Rainy Afternoon
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Geranium
Ethel Tunison
The Devil Is Driving
Matron (uncredited)
Vogues of 1938
Wife
The Second 100 Years
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Ma Snavely
His Brother's Wife
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Drunkard
Mrs. Jackson
Wings in the Dark
Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
The Red Lily
Nana
Neighborhood House
(uncredited)
Trial Marriage
Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
Mary of the Movies
Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
As Man Desires
Evelyn Beaudine
Long Live the King
Countess Olga
The Eternal Flame
Madame de Serizy
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Queen Morgan le Fay
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Sarah Morgan
Unseen Forces
Winifred
Bright and Early
His Daughter
Yellow Men and Gold
Carmen
The Last Trail
Chiquita
The Hushed Hour
Daisy Appleton
So Big
Paula Storm
Tea- With a Kick!
Aunt Pearl
Secrets of the Night
Margaret Knowles
Shame
The Weaver of Dreams
The Port of Missing Girls
School Matron
Girls Who Dare
'Alabam' Kenyon
The Great Love
Miss Corintee
Terror Island
Stella Mourdant
Who's Who in the Zoo
Mother
One Year to Live
Lolette
A Fortune in a Teacup
Sybil
A Son of the Sahara
Rayma
As You Like It
Celia
Married to Order
Rose
The Chinatown Mystery
Rock of Ages
Doctor's Orders
The Godmother
Third Girl
Taxi Troubles
Mrs. Andy Martin
Unexpected Places
Cherie
Kismet
Kut-al-Kulub
Fightin' Mad
Nita de Garma
Fifth Avenue Models
Mrs. Van Groot
His Father's Son
Dick's Sweetheart
Midnight Daddies
Mrs. Wilbur Louder
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Mrs. Wilmerding
The Peacock Fan
Mrs. Rossmore
The Butterfly Man
Mrs. Fielding
The Light of St. Bernard
Marie
The Sacrifice
The Classmate's Frolic
Classmate
I Am the Law
Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
Bulls and Bears
Eleanor Crenshaw
Riding to Fame
Marge
The Midnight Patrol
Patsy O'Connell
Upstairs and Down
Betty Chesterton
The Girl of the Golden West
Nina Micheltorena
Written in the Sand
Norma Gyntsen
The Two Battles
Gladys Mayford
Love in the Ghetto
Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
Scotch
Aunt Rose
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
Madge
The Winged Mystery
Shirley Wayne
Rio Grande
Maria Inez
The Master Painter
Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
Father's Hot Toddy
Second Daughter
Montmartre Rose
The Silent Mystery
Priestess Kah
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
A Juvenile Love Affair
Jane's Mother
Cupid Through a Keyhole
Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
He Trumped Her Ace
Mrs. Daly
Irene's Infatuation
Helen - Irene's Friend
When a Woman Strikes
An Eventful Elopement
Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
The Illumination
Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
A Splendid Hazard
Hedda Gobert
Wanted, a Sister
A Model Husband
Mrs Cherub
His Strenuous Visit
The Mills of the Gods
Giulia
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
Ethel Wynne
The Reincarnation of Karma
Quinetrea
The Mystery Of 13
Marian Green
Sugar Plum Papa
Princess Olga
The Awakening of Bianca
The Web
Beatrice Esmond
The Toymaker
Nell Avery
In Search of a Thrill
Jeanne
Betty's Baby
Betty
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
May
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
The Nurse
The Dream Melody
Alicia Harrison
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
The Chalk Line
Mrs. Love
The Hand Bag
Tom's Sweetheart
The Man of Shame
Slander the Woman
Madame Redoux