Rosemary Theby
Acting
- Born:
- 1892-04-07
- Died:
- 1973-11-10
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
One Million B.C.
Undercover Doctor
You Can't Take It with You
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
The Devil Is Driving
Make Way for Tomorrow
Our Relations
His Brother's Wife
Yours for the Asking
San Francisco
One Rainy Afternoon
Neighborhood House
Man on the Flying Trapeze
The Drunkard
Wings in the Dark
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Doctor's Orders
Taxi Troubles
Who's Who in the Zoo
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Midnight Daddies
He Trumped Her Ace
Bulls and Bears
Sugar Plum Papa
Scotch
The Peacock Fan
Montmartre Rose
Trial Marriage
The Dream Melody
Girls Who Dare
The Chinatown Mystery
The Port of Missing Girls
A Woman Against the World
A Bowery Cinderella
The Second 100 Years
Riding to Fame
The Truthful Sex
Wreckage
Fifth Avenue Models
One Year to Live
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
As Man Desires
So Big
Secrets of the Night
The Red Lily
A Son of the Sahara
Pagan Passions
Long Live the King
In Search of a Thrill
The Eagle's Feather
Tea- With a Kick!
Mary of the Movies
The Girl of the Golden West
Slander the Woman
Your Friend and Mine
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
The Eternal Flame
Rich Men's Wives
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
I Am the Law
Yellow Men and Gold
Fightin' Mad
The Last Trail
Across the Divide
Shame
Good Women
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Partners of Fate
Dice of Destiny
Unseen Forces
Kismet
The Little Grey Mouse
Married to Order
Whispering Devils
A Splendid Hazard
Rio Grande
The Butterfly Man
Terror Island
The Mystery Of 13
Yvonne from Paris
Upstairs and Down
The Hushed Hour
The Amateur Adventuress
When a Woman Strikes
Peggy Does Her Darndest
Faith
The Midnight Patrol
The Silent Mystery
Unexpected Places
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
The Great Love
Bright and Early
The Winged Mystery
His Strenuous Visit
The Chalk Line
A Model Husband
The Man of Shame
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
The Master Painter
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
Cupid Through a Keyhole
The Web
The Classmate's Frolic
Betty's Baby
The Little Minister
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
The Reincarnation of Karma
The Awakening of Bianca
The Hand Bag
The Mills of the Gods
The Toymaker
Father's Hot Toddy
The Godmother
As You Like It
A Fortune in a Teacup
Written in the Sand
The Two Battles
A Juvenile Love Affair
The Light of St. Bernard
Wanted, a Sister
Rock of Ages
An Eventful Elopement
Love in the Ghetto
His Father's Son
The Illumination
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
Irene's Infatuation
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
The Geranium
The Sacrifice
His Wedding Promise