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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Death Scenes
1989
Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
as (archive footage)
Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
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)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
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
1936
as Gypsy Queen's Daughter
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
Thelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on.

Top Flat
1935
as Thelma Todd
When Patsy criticises her poetry, Thelma ups and leaves for a better standard of living.
Hot Money
1935
as Miss Thelma Todd
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

Twin Triplets
1935
as Thelma
Thelma and Patsy are reporters who investigate a hospital.

Two for Tonight
1935
as Lilly
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.

Slightly Static
1935
as Thelma
Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.

After the Dance
1935
as Mabel Kane
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
1935
as Thelma Todd
Thelma and Patsy get a job working for a magician.

The Tin Man
1935
as Thelma Todd
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
1935
as Thelma
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
1935
as Thelma
Thelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.

Bum Voyage
1934
as Thelma
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
1934
as Judy Nelson
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
1934
as Thelma Todd aka Mlle. La Todd
Thelma tries to pass herself off as a famous French painter.
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Thelma
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
1934
as Miss Sally Oxford
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
The girls buy a country home that turns out to be a sand trap.

Three Chumps Ahead
1934
as Thelma Todd
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
1934
as Lady Genevieve
Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.
I'll Be Suing You
1934
as Miss Todd
Patsy is coerced into faking a broken leg in order to win an insurance settlement after an automobile accident.

Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Thelma
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
1934
as Judith Marlowe
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
1934
as Miss Thelma Todd
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
1934
as Gwendolyn Fetherstone
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
1934
as Thelma Todd
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!
1934
as Miss Amelia Frisby
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.

Palooka
1934
as Trixie
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
1933
as Lillian La Rue
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

Air Fright
1933
as Thelma
The girls are stewardesses on an experimental flight.

Son of a Sailor
1933
as The Baroness
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

Sitting Pretty
1933
as Gloria Duval
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
1933
as Thelma
The girls are going on a camping trip.

You Made Me Love You
1933
as Pamela Berne
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
1933
as Thelma
The girls win a car in a raffle.

Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Lois Cavanaugh
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.

One Track Minds
1933
as Thelma Todd
Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.

The Devil's Brother
1933
as Lady Pamela Rocburg
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Cheating Blondes
1933
as Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners
A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.

The Bargain of the Century
1933
as Thelma
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
1933
as Miss Todd
Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.

Asleep in the Feet
1933
as Thelma
The girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.

Air Hostess
1933
as Mrs. Sylvia C. Carleton
A plucky stewardess risks her life marrying a daredevil pilot.

Sneak Easily
1932
as Miss Thelma Todd - Attorney for the Defense
Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.

Call Her Savage
1932
as Sunny De Lane
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
1932
as Lola Del Mont
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
1932
as Thelma
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
1932
as Thelma
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
1932
as Klondike
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
1932
as Thelma
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

Horse Feathers
1932
as Connie Bailey
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
1932
as Eleanor Espere
A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

The Old Bull
1932
as Thelma
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
1932
as Miss Thelma Todd
Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.

This Is the Night
1932
as Claire Mathewson
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
1932
as Miss Todd
Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

The Nickel Nurser
1932
as Thelma Todd
Charley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money.

The Big Timer
1932
as Kay Mitchell
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
1932
as Thelma Todd
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
1931
as Thelma
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
1931
as Alison Corning
A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

War Mamas
1931
as Thelma
During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.

The Pajama Party
1931
as Thelma
After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.

Monkey Business
1931
as Lucille Briggs
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
as Thelma
Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.

Broadminded
1931
as Gertie Gardner
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
1931
as Thelma Todd
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.

The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Iva Archer
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
1931
as Winifred Bradford
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
1931
as Antoinette
On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble.

Love Fever
1931
as Thelma Todd
An actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.

The Hot Heiress
1931
as Lola
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
1931
as Thelma
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
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
1931
as Mrs. Hardy
Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.

Command Performance
1931
as Lydia
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
1931
as Betty Royce
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
1930
as Antoinette
The comic and musical adventures of Charley Chase as he fights in the great war.

Another Fine Mess
1930
as Lady Plumtree (uncredited)
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
1930
as Thelma, Charley's Fiancee
Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.

Dollar Dizzy
1930
as Thelma Todd
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
1930
as Ruth Van Horn
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
1930
as Nelly
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

The King
1930
as The Queen
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
1930
as Jim's Girlfriend
A timid man undergoes a personality change, and turns the tables on the people who've bullied him.

All Teed Up
1930
as Thelma
Thelma invites Charley to play golf at her father's exclusive country club.

Whispering Whoopee
1930
as Miss Todd
Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.

The Fighting Parson
1930
as The Blonde Dance Hall Girl
Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.

The Real McCoy
1930
as Thelma
Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.

The Head Guy
1930
as The Star
Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.

Stepping Out
1929
as Charley's Wife
Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife.

Sky Boy
1929
Harry lands on an iceberg with his rival.

Crazy Feet
1929
as Dancer
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
1929
as Mrs. Leslie
A English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young American.
Look out Below
1929
as Thelma
A Educational short where Robert Graves plays Thelma Todd's jealous husband.

Hotter Than Hot
1929
Harry is trapped with a blonde in a burning building.

Snappy Sneezer
1929
as Mary White
Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.

Careers
1929
as Hortense
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
1929
as Gladys
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
1929
as Blondie
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
1929
as Mrs. Kennedy
Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.

House of Horror
1929
as Thelma
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
1929
as The Woman
Hal Roach produced this short to introduce Harry Langdon to his comic line-up.

Trial Marriage
1929
as Grace Logan
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
1929
as Eve
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
1928
as Bonnie Le Vonne
A cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.

The Haunted House
1928
as The Nurse
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
1928
as Daisy McQueen
The Crash (1928)

Heart to Heart
1928
as Ruby Boyd
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
1928
as Madame Vanezlos the Dancer / Venus
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
1928
as Phyllis
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
1927
as Rose aka Flora Fisher
Can Jack MacDowell, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing jewel thieves?

The Gay Defender
1927
as Ruth Ainsworth
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
1927
as Hettie Ide
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
1927
as (uncredited)
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
1927
as Princess Aline
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
1926
as Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
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
1926
as Lorraine Lane
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 ...