Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 07, 1892
Died
Nov 10, 1973
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Credits
131 titles
Rosemary Theby
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.
Shell Person
Undercover Doctor
Guest (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Woman (uncredited)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Wife
The Devil Is Driving
Matron (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Our Relations
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
His Brother's Wife
Minor Role (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Woman (uncredited)
San Francisco
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
Bit Role (uncredited)
Neighborhood House
(uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
The Drunkard
Mrs. Jackson
Wings in the Dark
Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Ma Snavely
Doctor's Orders
Taxi Troubles
Mrs. Andy Martin
Who's Who in the Zoo
Mother
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Sarah Morgan
Midnight Daddies
Mrs. Wilbur Louder
He Trumped Her Ace
Mrs. Daly
Bulls and Bears
Eleanor Crenshaw
Sugar Plum Papa
Princess Olga
Scotch
Aunt Rose
The Peacock Fan
Mrs. Rossmore
Montmartre Rose
Trial Marriage
Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
The Dream Melody
Alicia Harrison
Girls Who Dare
'Alabam' Kenyon
The Chinatown Mystery
The Port of Missing Girls
School Matron
A Woman Against the World
Housekeeper
A Bowery Cinderella
Mrs. Chandler
The Second 100 Years
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Riding to Fame
Marge
The Truthful Sex
Jennie
Wreckage
Margot
Fifth Avenue Models
Mrs. Van Groot
One Year to Live
Lolette
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Mrs. Kent
As Man Desires
Evelyn Beaudine
So Big
Paula Storm
Secrets of the Night
Margaret Knowles
The Red Lily
Nana
A Son of the Sahara
Rayma
Pagan Passions
Dreka Langley
Long Live the King
Countess Olga
In Search of a Thrill
Jeanne
The Eagle's Feather
Mrs. Trent