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