Rosemary Theby

Known for ActingBorn 1892-04-07Died 1973-11-10Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.Read more

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Taxi Troubles

Trial Marriage

A Woman Against the World

Tea- With a Kick!

Yellow Men and Gold

I Am the Law

The Eternal Flame

Shame

Fightin' Mad

Across the Divide

Partners of Fate

Yvonne from Paris

Peggy Does Her Darndest

Betty's Baby

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

Love in the Ghetto

Rock of Ages

Neighborhood House

Doctor's Orders

Midnight Daddies

Montmartre Rose

Girls Who Dare

The Chinatown Mystery

Riding to Fame

Fifth Avenue Models

So Big

Your Friend and Mine

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

Rio Grande

The Butterfly Man

Whispering Devils

Unexpected Places

The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened

The Toymaker

Father's Hot Toddy

The Reincarnation of Karma

The Two Battles

Irene's Infatuation

Written in the Sand

The Sacrifice

Kismet

Scotch

The Peacock Fan

One Year to Live

Wreckage

Pagan Passions

Mary of the Movies

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island