Rosemary Theby
Acting • Born 1892-04-07 – Died 1973-11-10
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.
Filmography
129 credits
As Man Desires
Movie • 1925
Evelyn Beaudine
The Hushed Hour
Movie • 1919
Daisy Appleton
The Midnight Patrol
Movie • 1918
Patsy O'Connell
Rio Grande
Movie • 1920
Maria Inez
The Last Trail
Movie • 1921
Chiquita
Yellow Men and Gold
Movie • 1922
Carmen
I Am the Law
Movie • 1922
Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
Shame
Movie • 1921
The Weaver of Dreams
Mary of the Movies
Movie • 1923
Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
In Search of a Thrill
Movie • 1923
Jeanne
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Movie • 1933
Ma Snavely
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
Movie • 1912
The Illumination
Movie • 1912
Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
The Chinatown Mystery
Movie • 1928
The Drunkard
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Jackson
When a Woman Strikes
Movie • 1919
The Geranium
Movie • 1911
Ethel Tunison
A Juvenile Love Affair
Movie • 1912
Jane's Mother
The Toymaker
Movie • 1912
Nell Avery
A Splendid Hazard
Movie • 1920
Hedda Gobert
A Fortune in a Teacup
Movie • 1912
Sybil
The Godmother
Movie • 1912
Third Girl
Father's Hot Toddy
Movie • 1912
Second Daughter
The Awakening of Bianca
Movie • 1912
The Reincarnation of Karma
Movie • 1912
Quinetrea
Betty's Baby
Movie • 1913
Betty
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
Movie • 1913
The Nurse
The Little Minister
Movie • 1913
An Eventful Elopement
Movie • 1912
Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
The Two Battles
Movie • 1912
Gladys Mayford
The Sacrifice
Movie • 1911
Irene's Infatuation
Movie • 1912
Helen - Irene's Friend
His Father's Son
Movie • 1912
Dick's Sweetheart
Love in the Ghetto
Movie • 1912
Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
Rock of Ages
Movie • 1912
Wanted, a Sister
Movie • 1912
The Light of St. Bernard
Movie • 1912
Marie
Written in the Sand
Movie • 1912
Norma Gyntsen
The Web
Movie • 1913
Beatrice Esmond
Cupid Through a Keyhole
Movie • 1913
Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
Undercover Doctor
Movie • 1939
Guest (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
Movie • 1937
Matron (uncredited)
Our Relations
Movie • 1936
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
His Brother's Wife
Movie • 1936
Minor Role (uncredited)
San Francisco
Movie • 1936
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
Movie • 1936
Bit Role (uncredited)
Neighborhood House
Movie • 1936
(uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Movie • 1935
Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
Wings in the Dark
Movie • 1935
Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
Doctor's Orders
Movie • 1932
Taxi Troubles
Movie • 1931
Mrs. Andy Martin
Who's Who in the Zoo
Movie • 1931
Mother
Midnight Daddies
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Wilbur Louder
He Trumped Her Ace
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Daly
Sugar Plum Papa
Movie • 1930
Princess Olga
Scotch
Movie • 1930
Aunt Rose
Montmartre Rose
Movie • 1929
The Dream Melody
Movie • 1929
Alicia Harrison
Girls Who Dare
Movie • 1929
'Alabam' Kenyon
The Silent Mystery
Movie • 1918
Priestess Kah
Unexpected Places
Movie • 1918
Cherie
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
Movie • 1923
Madge
The Red Lily
Movie • 1924
Nana
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
Movie • 1918
Mrs. Wilmerding
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
Movie • 1914
May
The Port of Missing Girls
Movie • 1928
School Matron
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1921
Queen Morgan le Fay
Unseen Forces
Movie • 1920
Winifred
Vogues of 1938
Movie • 1937
Wife
The Mystery Of 13
Movie • 1919
Marian Green
One Year to Live
Movie • 1925
Lolette
Terror Island
Movie • 1920
Stella Mourdant
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Woman (uncredited)
The Chalk Line
Movie • 1916
Mrs. Love
The Second 100 Years
Movie • 1927
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Movie • 1936
Woman (uncredited)
The Great Love
Movie • 1918
Miss Corintee
Married to Order
Movie • 1920
Rose
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
Movie • 1913
Ethel Wynne
So Big
Movie • 1924
Paula Storm
Kismet
Movie • 1920
Kut-al-Kulub
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
Movie • 1912
The Classmate's Frolic
Movie • 1913
Classmate
As You Like It
Movie • 1912
Celia
The Master Painter
Movie • 1913
Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Movie • 1931
Sarah Morgan
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie • 1937
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Secrets of the Night
Movie • 1924
Margaret Knowles
One Million B.C.
Movie • 1940
Shell Person
The Hand Bag
Movie • 1912
Tom's Sweetheart
The Mills of the Gods
Movie • 1912
Giulia
Fightin' Mad
Movie • 1921
Nita de Garma
The Eternal Flame
Movie • 1922
Madame de Serizy
A Model Husband
Movie • 1916
Mrs Cherub
Upstairs and Down
Movie • 1919
Betty Chesterton
Bright and Early
Movie • 1918
His Daughter
Trial Marriage
Movie • 1929
Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
Bulls and Bears
Movie • 1930
Eleanor Crenshaw
Long Live the King
Movie • 1923
Countess Olga
The Winged Mystery
Movie • 1917
Shirley Wayne
Fifth Avenue Models
Movie • 1925
Mrs. Van Groot
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie • 1923
Nina Micheltorena
A Son of the Sahara
Movie • 1924
Rayma
Tea- With a Kick!
Movie • 1923
Aunt Pearl
The Peacock Fan
Movie • 1929
Mrs. Rossmore
His Strenuous Visit
Movie • 1916
Riding to Fame
Movie • 1927
Marge
The Butterfly Man
Movie • 1920
Mrs. Fielding
The Man of Shame
Movie • 1915
Julia
Across the Divide
Movie • 1921
Rosa [O'Flynn]
Slander the Woman
Movie • 1923
Madame Redoux
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Movie • 1925
Mrs. Kent
Yvonne from Paris
Movie • 1919
Cecile
The Amateur Adventuress
Movie • 1919
Flossie
The Eagle's Feather
Movie • 1923
Mrs. Trent
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Movie • 1922
Josephine Clifford
Your Friend and Mine
Movie • 1923
Mrs. Beatrice Mason
Partners of Fate
Movie • 1921
Frances Lloyd
Rich Men's Wives
Movie • 1922
Mrs. Lindley-Blair
Wreckage
Movie • 1925
Margot
The Little Grey Mouse
Movie • 1920
Hedda Kossiter
His Wedding Promise
Movie
Good Women
Movie • 1921
Katherine Brinkley
Whispering Devils
Movie • 1920
Audrey Lesden
Pagan Passions
Movie • 1924
Dreka Langley
Faith
Movie • 1919
Charity Garvice
Peggy Does Her Darndest
Movie • 1919
Eleanor Ensloe
Dice of Destiny
Movie • 1920
Agnes
The Truthful Sex
Movie • 1926
Jennie