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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 7, 1892
Died
November 10, 1973
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Rose Masing
- Rosemary Thebe
- Rosemary Theresa Theby
Rosemary Theby
0.3 Popularity
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
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
5.8
Shell Person
One Million B.C.
1940
5.5
Guest (uncredited)
Undercover Doctor
1939
7.5
Woman (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938
5.3
Wife
Vogues of 1938
1937
5.0
Matron (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
1937
7.5
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
6.9
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Our Relations
1936
5.6
Minor Role (uncredited)
His Brother's Wife
1936
1.0
Woman (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
1936
Credits
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
10.0
One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
1940
5.8
Undercover Doctor
as Guest (uncredited)
1939
5.5
You Can't Take It with You
as Woman (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Vogues of 1938
as Wife
1937
5.3
The Devil Is Driving
as Matron (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937
7.5
Our Relations
as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
1936
6.9
His Brother's Wife
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1936
5.6
Yours for the Asking
as Woman (uncredited)
1936
1.0
San Francisco
as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
1936
6.6
One Rainy Afternoon
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1936
4.6
Neighborhood House
as (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
1935
5.9
The Drunkard
as Mrs. Jackson
1935
0.0
Wings in the Dark
as Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
1935
6.4
The Fatal Glass of Beer
as Ma Snavely
1933
5.9
🎬
Doctor's Orders
1932
0.0
🎬
Taxi Troubles
as Mrs. Andy Martin
1931
0.0
Who's Who in the Zoo
as Mother
1931
0.0
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
as Sarah Morgan
1931
4.3
Midnight Daddies
as Mrs. Wilbur Louder
1930
0.0
🎬
He Trumped Her Ace
as Mrs. Daly
1930
0.0
🎬
Bulls and Bears
as Eleanor Crenshaw
1930
0.0
Sugar Plum Papa
as Princess Olga
1930
0.0
Scotch
as Aunt Rose
1930
0.0
The Peacock Fan
as Mrs. Rossmore
1929
0.0
Montmartre Rose
1929
0.0
Trial Marriage
as Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
1929
0.0
🎬
The Dream Melody
as Alicia Harrison
1929
0.0
🎬
Girls Who Dare
as 'Alabam' Kenyon
1929
0.0
The Chinatown Mystery
1928
0.0
The Port of Missing Girls
as School Matron
1928
0.0
The Second 100 Years
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1927
6.3
🎬
Riding to Fame
as Marge
1927
0.0
Fifth Avenue Models
as Mrs. Van Groot
1925
0.0
🎬
One Year to Live
as Lolette
1925
0.0
🎬
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Mrs. Kent
1925
0.0
As Man Desires
as Evelyn Beaudine
1925
3.0
So Big
as Paula Storm
1924
0.0
Secrets of the Night
as Margaret Knowles
1924
6.0
The Red Lily
as Nana
1924
6.5
A Son of the Sahara
as Rayma
1924
5.0
Long Live the King
as Countess Olga
1923
0.0
In Search of a Thrill
as Jeanne
1923
0.0
Tea- With a Kick!
as Aunt Pearl
1923
0.0
Mary of the Movies
as Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
1923
0.0
The Girl of the Golden West
as Nina Micheltorena
1923
0.0
Slander the Woman
as Madame Redoux
1923
0.0
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
as Madge
1923
0.0
The Eternal Flame
as Madame de Serizy
1922
0.0
I Am the Law
as Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
1922
0.0
Yellow Men and Gold
as Carmen
1922
0.0
Fightin' Mad
as Nita de Garma
1921
0.0
The Last Trail
as Chiquita
1921
0.0
Across the Divide
as Rosa [O'Flynn]
1921
0.0
Shame
as The Weaver of Dreams
1921
0.0
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Queen Morgan le Fay
1921
6.0
Unseen Forces
as Winifred
1920
5.2
Kismet
as Kut-al-Kulub
1920
6.5
Married to Order
as Rose
1920
5.2
A Splendid Hazard
as Hedda Gobert
1920
0.0
Rio Grande
as Maria Inez
1920
0.0
The Butterfly Man
as Mrs. Fielding
1920
0.0
Terror Island
as Stella Mourdant
1920
4.9
The Mystery Of 13
as Marian Green
1919
5.0
Upstairs and Down
as Betty Chesterton
1919
0.0
The Hushed Hour
as Daisy Appleton
1919
0.0
When a Woman Strikes
1919
0.0
The Silent Mystery
as Priestess Kah
1918
0.0
🎬
The Midnight Patrol
as Patsy O'Connell
1918
0.0
Unexpected Places
as Cherie
1918
0.0
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
as Mrs. Wilmerding
1918
6.0
The Great Love
as Miss Corintee
1918
0.0
Bright and Early
as His Daughter
1918
4.6
The Winged Mystery
as Shirley Wayne
1917
0.0
His Strenuous Visit
1916
0.0
The Chalk Line
as Mrs. Love
1916
0.0
🎬
A Model Husband
as Mrs Cherub
1916
5.0
🎬
The Man of Shame
as Julia
1915
0.0
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
as May
1914
0.0
🎬
The Master Painter
as Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
1913
5.0
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
as Ethel Wynne
1913
0.0
🎬
Cupid Through a Keyhole
as Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
1913
0.0
The Web
as Beatrice Esmond
1913
0.0
The Classmate's Frolic
as Classmate
1913
5.0
🎬
Betty's Baby
as Betty
1913
0.0
The Little Minister
1913
0.0
🎬
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as The Nurse
1913
0.0
The Reincarnation of Karma
as Quinetrea
1912
0.0
🎬
The Awakening of Bianca
1912
0.0
🎬
The Hand Bag
as Tom's Sweetheart
1912
4.0
The Mills of the Gods
as Giulia
1912
5.0
🎬
The Toymaker
as Nell Avery
1912
0.0
🎬
Father's Hot Toddy
as Second Daughter
1912
0.0
🎬
The Godmother
as Third Girl
1912
0.0
As You Like It
as Celia
1912
1.0
🎬
A Fortune in a Teacup
as Sybil
1912
0.0
🎬
Written in the Sand
as Norma Gyntsen
1912
0.0
🎬
The Two Battles
as Gladys Mayford
1912
0.0
🎬
A Juvenile Love Affair
as Jane's Mother
1912
0.0
🎬
The Light of St. Bernard
as Marie
1912
0.0
🎬
Wanted, a Sister
1912
0.0
Rock of Ages
1912
10.0
🎬
An Eventful Elopement
as Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
1912
0.0
🎬
Love in the Ghetto
as Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
1912
0.0
🎬
His Father's Son
as Dick's Sweetheart
1912
0.0
The Illumination
as Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
1912
0.0
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
1912
4.0
🎬
Irene's Infatuation
as Helen - Irene's Friend
1912
0.0
🎬
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
1912
0.0
🎬
The Geranium
as Ethel Tunison
1911
0.0
🎬
The Sacrifice
1911
10.0