Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

1906-07-29 Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA 123 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in Wheeler and Woolsey farces, several Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which ...

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Death Scenes

Death Scenes

1989

4.5
Acting

Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

Acting

Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1987

as (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday and Today

1953

as (archive footage)

Acting

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Ye...

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died...

The Bohemian Girl

The Bohemian Girl

1936

as Gypsy Queen's Daughter

6.2
Acting

Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.

An All American Toothache

1936

as Thelma Alice Todd

Acting

Thelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on.

Top Flat

Top Flat

1935

as Thelma Todd

Acting

When Patsy criticises her poetry, Thelma ups and leaves for a better standard of living.

Hot Money

1935

as Miss Thelma Todd

Acting

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

Twin Triplets

Twin Triplets

1935

as Thelma

Acting

Thelma and Patsy are reporters who investigate a hospital.

Two for Tonight

Two for Tonight

1935

as Lilly

6.5
Acting

A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.

Slightly Static

Slightly Static

1935

as Thelma

Acting

Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.

After the Dance

After the Dance

1935

as Mabel Kane

6.0
Acting

Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis...

The Misses Stooge

The Misses Stooge

1935

as Thelma Todd

Acting

Thelma and Patsy get a job working for a magician.

The Tin Man

The Tin Man

1935

as Thelma Todd

7.0
Acting

Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The invento...

Sing Sister Sing

Sing Sister Sing

1935

as Thelma

6.0
Acting

At a residence hotel, Patsy is moving in with Thelma. Thelma has prepared some rules, including singing whenever one feels quarrelsome or angry. Altho...

Treasure Blues

Treasure Blues

1935

as Thelma

Acting

Thelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.

Bum Voyage

Bum Voyage

1934

as Thelma

6.0
Acting

The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice

1934

as Judy Nelson

4.7
Acting

An actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of his wife's murder.

Done in Oil

Done in Oil

1934

as Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd

Acting

Thelma tries to pass herself off as a famous French painter.

Opened by Mistake

1934

as Thelma

Acting

Patsy tries to stay with Thelma at the hospital where she works, but Thelma is forced to pretend that Patsy is a patient.

Take the Stand

Take the Stand

1934

as Miss Sally Oxford

4.7
Acting

A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.

One-Horse Farmers

1934

as Thelma

Acting

The girls buy a country home that turns out to be a sand trap.

Three Chumps Ahead

Three Chumps Ahead

1934

as Thelma Todd

Acting

Thelma rushes into the apartment she shares with Patsy, excited because she's fallen in love with Archie, a rich man with yachts and a British accent....

Cockeyed Cavaliers

Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934

as Lady Genevieve

6.0
Acting

Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.

I'll Be Suing You

1934

as Miss Todd

Acting

Patsy is coerced into faking a broken leg in order to win an insurance settlement after an automobile accident.

Maid in Hollywood

Maid in Hollywood

1934

as Thelma

Acting

Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Pat...

Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up

1934

as Judith Marlowe

4.8
Acting

Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King ...

Soup and Fish

Soup and Fish

1934

as Miss Thelma Todd

Acting

At a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and Patsy, two salon attendants, to a party, mistakenly t...

The Poor Rich

The Poor Rich

1934

as Gwendolyn Fetherstone

Acting

Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family mano...

Babes in the Goods

Babes in the Goods

1934

as Thelma Todd

9.0
Acting

Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get l...

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

1934

as Miss Amelia Frisby

5.8
Acting

Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.

Palooka

Palooka

1934

as Trixie

3.0
Acting

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Jo...

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

1933

as Lillian La Rue

6.6
Acting

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

Air Fright

Air Fright

1933

as Thelma

5.0
Acting

The girls are stewardesses on an experimental flight.

Son of a Sailor

Son of a Sailor

1933

as The Baroness

5.0
Acting

A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1933

as Gloria Duval

7.5
Acting

Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon propriete...

Backs to Nature

Backs to Nature

1933

as Thelma

5.0
Acting

The girls are going on a camping trip.

You Made Me Love You

You Made Me Love You

1933

as Pamela Berne

6.9
Acting

A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.

Beauty and the Bus

Beauty and the Bus

1933

as Thelma

Acting

The girls win a car in a raffle.

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933

as Lois Cavanaugh

6.3
Acting

A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.

One Track Minds

One Track Minds

1933

as Thelma Todd

Acting

Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.

The Devil's Brother

The Devil's Brother

1933

as Lady Pamela Rocburg

6.7
Acting

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Cheating Blondes

Cheating Blondes

1933

as Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners

5.0
Acting

A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.

The Bargain of the Century

The Bargain of the Century

1933

as Thelma

1.5
Acting

Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-...

Maids a la Mode

Maids a la Mode

1933

as Miss Todd

Acting

Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.

Asleep in the Feet

Asleep in the Feet

1933

as Thelma

1.0
Acting

The girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.

Air Hostess

Air Hostess

1933

as Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton

5.8
Acting

A plucky stewardess risks her life marrying a daredevil pilot.

Sneak Easily

Sneak Easily

1932

as Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense

Acting

Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.

Call Her Savage

Call Her Savage

1932

as Sunny De Lane

5.8
Acting

A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage...

Deception

Deception

1932

as Lola Del Mont

6.0
Acting

Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.

The Soilers

The Soilers

1932

as Thelma

6.2
Acting

Zasu and Thelma are working their way through college by selling magazine subscriptions. Finding little success going door-to-door, the pair decide to...

Alum and Eve

Alum and Eve

1932

as Thelma

7.0
Acting

When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.

Klondike

Klondike

1932

as Klondike

4.7
Acting

Dr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation, that has never been done before, and the patient dies. Charged with malpractice and manslaughter, h...

Show Business

Show Business

1932

as Thelma

6.0
Acting

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers

1932

as Connie Bailey

6.9
Acting

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Da...

Speak Easily

Speak Easily

1932

as Eleanor Espere

5.8
Acting

A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

The Old Bull

The Old Bull

1932

as Thelma

3.0
Acting

Thelma and Zazu are on a leisurely excursion in a borrowed car. Thelma lets Zazu drive. When she brakes to avoid a bull pulled along by three rustics,...

Strictly Unreliable

Strictly Unreliable

1932

as Miss Thelma Todd

5.5
Acting

Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.

This Is the Night

This Is the Night

1932

as Claire Mathewson

5.6
Acting

When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cov...

Red Noses

Red Noses

1932

as Miss Todd

7.0
Acting

Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

The Nickel Nurser

The Nickel Nurser

1932

as Thelma Todd

1.0
Acting

Charley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money.

The Big Timer

The Big Timer

1932

as Kay Mitchell

4.2
Acting

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

Sealskins

Sealskins

1932

as Thelma Todd

5.5
Acting

In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen...

On the Loose

On the Loose

1931

as Thelma

6.7
Acting

Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mu...

Corsair

Corsair

1931

as Alison Corning

4.4
Acting

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

War Mamas

War Mamas

1931

as Thelma

Acting

During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.

The Pajama Party

The Pajama Party

1931

as Thelma

7.0
Acting

After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1931

as Lucille Briggs

7.0
Acting

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Catch-As Catch-Can

Catch-As Catch-Can

1931

as Thelma

1.0
Acting

Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.

Broadminded

Broadminded

1931

as Gertie Gardner

3.7
Acting

Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, a...

Let's Do Things

Let's Do Things

1931

as Thelma Todd

Acting

Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1931

as Iva Archer

6.4
Acting

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette kno...

Aloha

Aloha

1931

as Winifred Bradford

Acting

In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander, instead falling in love with a white man and heir...

Rough Seas

Rough Seas

1931

as Antoinette

Acting

On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble.

Love Fever

Love Fever

1931

as Thelma Todd

4.0
Acting

An actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.

The Hot Heiress

The Hot Heiress

1931

as Lola

5.3
Acting

Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.

The Pip from Pittsburg

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931

as Thelma

6.5
Acting

Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself...

Swanee River

1931

as Caroline

Acting

A power company floods a sleepy Tennessee Valley for a dam to run a hydraulic power plant. Garry, a Northern engineer on the project, falls in love wi...

Chickens Come Home

Chickens Come Home

1931

as Mrs. Hardy

6.7
Acting

Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.

Command Performance

Command Performance

1931

as Lydia

4.1
Acting

Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor Peter Fedor conveniently bears a striking resemblance t...

No Limit

No Limit

1931

as Betty Royce

5.8
Acting

Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well...

High C's

High C's

1930

as Antoinette

3.8
Acting

The comic and musical adventures of Charley Chase as he fights in the great war.

Another Fine Mess

Another Fine Mess

1930

as Lady Plumtree (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

Looser Than Loose

Looser Than Loose

1930

as Thelma, Charley's Fiancee

4.0
Acting

Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.

Dollar Dizzy

Dollar Dizzy

1930

as Thelma Todd

6.0
Acting

Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle h...

Follow Thru

Follow Thru

1930

as Ruth Van Horn

7.4
Acting

Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack...

Her Man

Her Man

1930

as Nelly

5.3
Acting

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

The King

The King

1930

as The Queen

4.2
Acting

The king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns,...

The Shrimp

The Shrimp

1930

as Jim's Girlfriend

Acting

A timid man undergoes a personality change, and turns the tables on the people who've bullied him.

All Teed Up

All Teed Up

1930

as Thelma

3.3
Acting

Thelma invites Charley to play golf at her father's exclusive country club.

Whispering Whoopee

Whispering Whoopee

1930

as Miss Todd

5.8
Acting

Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.

The Fighting Parson

The Fighting Parson

1930

as The Blonde Dance Hall Girl

Acting

Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.

The Real McCoy

The Real McCoy

1930

as Thelma

6.5
Acting

Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.

The Head Guy

The Head Guy

1930

as The Star

4.0
Acting

Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.

Stepping Out

Stepping Out

1929

as Charley's Wife

5.0
Acting

Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife.

Sky Boy

Sky Boy

1929

Acting

Harry lands on an iceberg with his rival.

Crazy Feet

Crazy Feet

1929

as Dancer

5.5
Acting

Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma...

Her Private Life

Her Private Life

1929

as Mrs. Leslie

1.0
Acting

A English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young American.

Look out Below

1929

as Thelma

5.0
Acting

A Educational short where Robert Graves plays Thelma Todd's jealous husband.

Hotter Than Hot

Hotter Than Hot

1929

Acting

Harry is trapped with a blonde in a burning building.

Snappy Sneezer

Snappy Sneezer

1929

as Mary White

6.5
Acting

Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.

Careers

Careers

1929

as Hortense

Acting

In French Indochina, a magistrate is assigned to investigate the murder of his boss. Unknown to him, the boss had a policy of requiring the wives of h...

The Bachelor Girl

The Bachelor Girl

1929

as Gladys

Acting

Joyce (Jacqueline Logan), a beautiful and efficient secretary, does her best to take in hand and reform shiftless stock clerk Jimmy (William Colllier,...

Hurdy Gurdy

Hurdy Gurdy

1929

as Blondie

Acting

A heat wave sends the residents of a New York City tenement to their fire escapes for whatever breeze is stirring. The tenants are a cross section of...

Unaccustomed as We Are

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929

as Mrs. Kennedy

6.9
Acting

Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.

House of Horror

House of Horror

1929

as Thelma

Acting

House of Horror is a 1929 American comedy-horror mystery film directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film stars Louise Fazenda and Chester Conklin and ...

Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon

Hal Roach Presents Harry Langdon

1929

as The Woman

Acting

Hal Roach produced this short to introduce Harry Langdon to his comic line-up.

Trial Marriage

Trial Marriage

1929

as Grace Logan

Acting

Constance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds happiness with him. She defies his wishes by dancing at a c...

Seven Footprints to Satan

Seven Footprints to Satan

1929

as Eve

6.0
Acting

A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help about one of her fathers guests shortly before his pla...

Naughty Baby

Naughty Baby

1928

as Bonnie Le Vonne

4.5
Acting

A cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.

The Haunted House

The Haunted House

1928

as The Nurse

Acting

Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate's staff, which incl...

The Crash

The Crash

1928

as Daisy McQueen

Acting

The Crash (1928)

Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart

1928

as Ruby Boyd

Acting

Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as...

Vamping Venus

Vamping Venus

1928

as Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus

Acting

A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. This film is lost.

The Noose

The Noose

1928

as Phyllis

7.0
Acting

In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has ...

The Shield of Honor

The Shield of Honor

1927

as Rose aka Flora Fisher

4.3
Acting

Can Jack MacDowell, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing jewel thieves?

The Gay Defender

The Gay Defender

1927

as Ruth Ainsworth

Acting

Real-life outlaw Joaquin Murietta, who (according to this film, anyway) is a latter-day Robin Hood, dedicated to driving land-grabbers and corrupt pol...

Nevada

Nevada

1927

as Hettie Ide

6.0
Acting

A once notorious gunfighter takes a respectable job on a ranch. "Nevada" is charged with protecting the ranch owner's pretty daughter, arousing the en...

Fireman, Save My Child

Fireman, Save My Child

1927

as (uncredited)

Acting

Two firemen must put up with a variety of travails in their job, especially their chief's spoiled and bratty daughter, who keeps turning in false alar...

Rubber Heels

Rubber Heels

1927

as Princess Aline

Acting

A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal t...

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

1926

as Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)

Acting

The story concerns the misadventures of sailor Steve Doren, who tries his best to support his wife Mary on his piddling income. But like seafaring men...

Fascinating Youth

Fascinating Youth

1926

as Lorraine Lane

Acting

Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases ...