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Thelma Todd (1906–1935)

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A one-time teacher and beauty queen, Thelma went to Hollywood in the late 1920s and soon became one of the premier comediennes of her day, with many appearances in comedy shorts (with Zasu Pitts, Patsy Kelly, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and others) and also feature-length movies. In the 1930s... See full bio »

Born:

in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 29) in Pacific Palisades, California, USA
Still of Cary Grant and Thelma Todd in This Is the Night
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1936 The Bohemian Girl
Gypsy Queen's Daughter
 
1936 All-American Toothache (short)
Thelma Alice Todd
 
1935 Top Flat (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1935 Hot Money (short)
Miss Thelma Todd
 
1935 Twin Triplets (short)
 
1935 Slightly Static (short)
Thelma
 
1935 Two for Tonight
Lilly
 
1935 After the Dance
Mabel Kane
 
1935 The Misses Stooge (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1935 The Tin Man (short)
Miss Todd
 
1935 Sing, Sister, Sing (short)
Thelma
 
1935 Treasure Blues (short)
 
1934 Bum Voyage (short)
Thelma
 
1934 Lightning Strikes Twice
Judith 'Judy' Nelson
 
1934 Done in Oil (short)
Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd
 
1934 Opened by Mistake (short)
Thelma
 
1934 Take the Stand
Miss Sally Oxford
 
1934 One-Horse Farmers (short)
Thelma
 
1934 Three Chumps Ahead (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers
Lady Genevieve
 
1934 I'll Be Suing You (short)
Miss Todd
 
1934 Maid in Hollywood (short)
Thelma
 
1934 Bottoms Up
Judith Marlowe
 
1934 Soup and Fish (short)
Miss Thelma Todd
 
1934 The Poor Rich
Gwendolyn Fetherstone
 
1934 Babes in the Goods (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Miss Frisby
 
1934 Palooka
Trixie
 
1933 Counsellor at Law
Lillian La Rue
 
1933 Air Fright (short)
Thelma
 
1933 Son of a Sailor
The Baroness
 
1933 Sitting Pretty
Gloria Duval
 
1933 Backs to Nature (short)
Thelma
 
1933 Beauty and the Bus (short)
Thelma
 
1933 You Made Me Love You
Pamela Berne
 
1933 Mary Stevens, M.D.
Lois
 
1933 One Track Minds (short)
 
1933 The Devil's Brother
Lady Pamela
 
1933 Cheating Blondes
Anne Merrick/Elaine Manners
 
1933 The Bargain of the Century (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1933 Maids a la Mode (short)
Miss Todd
 
1933 Asleep in the Feet (short)
Thelma
 
1933 Air Hostess
Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton
 
1932 Sneak Easily (short)
Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense
 
1932 Call Her Savage
Sunny De Lane
 
1932 Deception
Lola Del Mont
 
1932 The Soilers (short)
Thelma
 
1932 Alum and Eve (short)
Thelma
 
1932 Klondike
Klondike
 
1932 Show Business (short)
Thelma
 
1932 Speak Easily
Eleanor Espere
 
1932 Horse Feathers
Connie Bailey
 
1932 The Old Bull (short)
Thelma
 
1932 Strictly Unreliable (short)
Miss Thelma Todd
 
1932 This Is the Night
Claire Mathewson
 
1932 Red Noses (short)
Miss Todd
 
1932 The Nickel Nurser (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1932 The Big Timer
Kay Mitchell
 
1932 Seal Skins (short)
 
1931 On the Loose (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1931 Corsair
Alison Corning (as Alison Loyd)
 
1931 War Mamas (short)
Thelma
 
1931 The Pajama Party (short)
Thelma
 
1931 Monkey Business
Lucille
 
1931 Catch as Catch Can (short)
Thelma
 
1931 Broadminded
Gertie Gardner
 
1931 Let's Do Things (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1931 The Maltese Falcon
Iva Archer
 
1931 Aloha
Winifred Bradford
 
1931 Rough Seas (short)
Antoinette
 
1931 Love Fever (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1931 The Hot Heiress
Lola
 
1931 The Pip from Pittsburg (short)
Thelma
 
1931 Swanee River
Caroline
 
1931 Chickens Come Home- (short)
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
 
1931 Command Performance
Lydia
 
1931 No Limit
Betty Royce
 
1930 High C's (short)
Antoinette
 
1930 Another Fine Mess (short)
Lady Plumtree (uncredited)
 
1930 Looser Than Loose (short)
Thelma, Charley's Fiancee
 
1930 Dollar Dizzy (short)
Thelma Todd
 
1930 Follow Thru
Mrs. Van Horn
 
1930 Her Man
Nelly
 
1930 The King (short)
The Queen
 
1930 The Shrimp (short)
Jim's Girlfriend
 
1930 All Teed Up (short)
Thelma
 
1930 Whispering Whoopee (short)
Miss Todd
 
1930 The Fighting Parson (short)
The Blonde Dance Hall Girl
 
1930 The Real McCoy (short)
Thelma
 
1930 The Head Guy (short)
The Star
 
1930 ¡Pobre infeliz! (short)
 
1929 Stepping Out (short)
 
1929 Sky Boy (short)
 
1929 Crazy Feet (short)
 
1929 Her Private Life
Mrs. Leslie
 
1929 Look Out Below (short)
 
1929 Hotter Than Hot (short)
 
1929 Snappy Sneezer (short)
Mary White
 
1929 Careers
Hortense
 
1929 The Bachelor Girl
Gladys
 
1929/I Hurdy Gurdy (short)
Blondie
 
1929 Unaccustomed As We Are (short)
Mrs. Kennedy
 
1929 House of Horror
Thelma
 
1929 Trial Marriage
Grace Logan
 
1929 Seven Footprints to Satan
Eve
 
1928 Naughty Baby
Bonnie Le Vonne
 
1928 The Haunted House
The Nurse
 
1928 The Crash
Daisy McQueen
 
1928 Heart to Heart
Ruby Boyd
 
1928 Vamping Venus
Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
 
1928 Abie's Irish Rose
 
1928 The Noose
Phyllis
 
1927 The Gay Defender
Ruth Ainsworth
 
1927 The Shield of Honor
Rose aka Flora Fisher
 
1927 Nevada
Hettie Ide
 
1927 Fireman, Save My Child (uncredited)
 
1927 Rubber Heels
Princess Aline
 
1926 God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
 
1926 Fascinating Youth
Lorraine Lane
 
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1936 The Bohemian Girl (performer: "Heart of a Gypsy" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers (performer: "Dilly Dally" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray! (performer: "Keep On Doing What You're Doing" 1933 - uncredited / "Keep On Doing What You're Doing" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1932 Speak Easily (performer: "Rock-a-Bye Baby" 1886 - uncredited)
 
1931 Let's Do Things (short) (performer: "Them There Eyes")
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 3 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (short)
Herself
 
1932 The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series) (short)
Herself, Miss Information
 
1929 Players at Play (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders (TV series documentary)
 
1994 Hal Roach: King of Laughter (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 6: Hollywood Police Files (video documentary)
Herself
 
1989 Death Scenes (video documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1973 The Age of Ballyhoo (video documentary)
Herself
 
1953 Yesterday and Today
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 27 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Alison Loyd

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

In 1952,Chester Morris received the deathbed confession of his friend, Roland West for the 1935 murder of Thelma Todd. See more »

Trademark:

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Nickname:

Hot Toddy See more »

Star Sign:

Leo