Rosemary Theby
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-04-07
Day of Death
1973-11-10 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Rosemary 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.
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
Acting
(2023)
(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)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
(1937)
Vogues of 1938
as Wife
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
as Matron (uncredited)
(1936)
San Francisco
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
(1936)
Our Relations
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
(1936)
His Brother's Wife
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1936)
One Rainy Afternoon
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1936)
Yours for the Asking
as Woman (uncredited)
(1936)
Neighborhood House
as (uncredited)
(1935)
Wings in the Dark
as Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
(1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
(1935)
The Drunkard
as Mrs. Jackson
(1933)
The Fatal Glass of Beer
as Ma Snavely
(1932)
(1931)
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
as Sarah Morgan
(1931)
Taxi Troubles
as Mrs. Andy Martin
(1931)
Who's Who in the Zoo
as Mother
(1930)
Scotch
as Aunt Rose
(1930)
He Trumped Her Ace
as Mrs. Daly
(1930)
Bulls and Bears
as Eleanor Crenshaw
(1930)
Midnight Daddies
as Mrs. Wilbur Louder
(1930)
Sugar Plum Papa
as Princess Olga
(1929)
Trial Marriage
as Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
(1929)
The Peacock Fan
as Mrs. Rossmore
(1929)
(1929)
The Dream Melody
as Alicia Harrison
(1929)
Girls Who Dare
as 'Alabam' Kenyon
(1928)
The Port of Missing Girls
as School Matron
(1928)
(1927)
The Second 100 Years
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
(1927)
Riding to Fame
as Marge
(1925)
One Year to Live
as Lolette
(1925)
As Man Desires
as Evelyn Beaudine
(1925)
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Mrs. Kent
(1925)
Fifth Avenue Models
as Mrs. Van Groot
(1924)
So Big
as Paula Storm
(1924)
A Son of the Sahara
as Rayma
(1924)
Secrets of the Night
as Margaret Knowles
(1924)
The Red Lily
as Nana
(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)
Long Live the King
as Countess Olga
(1923)
In Search of a Thrill
as Jeanne
(1923)
(1923)
Slander the Woman
as Madame Redoux
(1922)
Yellow Men and Gold
as Carmen
(1922)
The Eternal Flame
as Madame de Serizy
(1922)
I Am the Law
as Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
(1921)
Fightin' Mad
as Nita de Garma
(1921)
Across the Divide
as Rosa [O'Flynn]
(1921)
Shame
as The Weaver of Dreams
(1921)
The Last Trail
as Chiquita
(1921)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Queen Morgan le Fay
(1920)
The Butterfly Man
as Mrs. Fielding
(1920)
Terror Island
as Stella Mourdant
(1920)
A Splendid Hazard
as Hedda Gobert
(1920)
Unseen Forces
as Winifred
(1920)
Rio Grande
as Maria Inez
(1920)
Kismet
as Kut-al-Kulub
(1920)
Married to Order
as Rose
(1919)
The Hushed Hour
as Daisy Appleton
(1919)
Upstairs and Down
as Betty Chesterton
(1919)
The Mystery Of 13
as Marian Green
(1919)
(1918)
The Great Love
as Miss Corintee
(1918)
Unexpected Places
as Cherie
(1918)
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
as Mrs. Wilmerding
(1918)
The Midnight Patrol
as Patsy O'Connell
(1918)
Bright and Early
as His Daughter
(1918)
The Silent Mystery
as Priestess Kah
(1917)
The Winged Mystery
as Shirley Wayne
(1916)
The Chalk Line
as Mrs. Love
(1916)
(1916)
A Model Husband
as Mrs Cherub
(1915)
The Man of Shame
as Julia
(1914)
(1913)
The Classmate's Frolic
as Classmate
(1913)
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
as Ethel Wynne
(1913)
The Master Painter
as Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
(1913)
(1913)
The Web
as Beatrice Esmond
(1913)
Betty's Baby
as Betty
(1913)
Cupid Through a Keyhole
as Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
(1913)
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as The Nurse
(1912)
A Fortune in a Teacup
as Sybil
(1912)
Love in the Ghetto
as Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
(1912)
The Godmother
as Third Girl
(1912)
As You Like It
as Celia
(1912)
A Juvenile Love Affair
as Jane's Mother
(1912)
(1912)
The Illumination
as Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
(1912)
An Eventful Elopement
as Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
(1912)
(1912)
The Reincarnation of Karma
as Quinetrea
(1912)
Father's Hot Toddy
as Second Daughter
(1912)
Irene's Infatuation
as Helen - Irene's Friend
(1912)
The Light of St. Bernard
as Marie
(1912)
The Hand Bag
as Tom's Sweetheart
(1912)
Written in the Sand
as Norma Gyntsen
(1912)
The Two Battles
as Gladys Mayford
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
The Mills of the Gods
as Giulia
(1912)
The Toymaker
as Nell Avery
(1912)
His Father's Son
as Dick's Sweetheart
(1912)
(1911)
The Geranium
as Ethel Tunison
(1911)