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Thelma Todd the perky American leading lady and blonde heroine of many two-reel comedies with First National, starred in many Hal Roach comedies with... American actress Thelma Todd stars in the film 'The Pip From Pittsburgh,' directed by James Parrott, 1931.
Gorgeous blonde comedienne Thelma Todd was born in Massachusetts, where for two years she was a sixth-grade teacher at Lowell Normal School. After winning the Miss Massachusetts beauty contest in 1924, Todd was selected by producer Jesse L. Lasky to join Paramount Pictures' newly created school for young actors; the school lasted only one year, during which time Todd and her 15 "classmates" (among them Charles "Buddy" Rogers, later the husband of Mary Pickford) appeared in the Paramount film ...
Thelma Alice Todd was an American actress and businesswoman. She was known as "The Ice Cream Blonde", also "Hot Toddy". Todd was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
May 13, 2024 · In August 1934, Todd opened a successful restaurant, Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Cafe, at 17575 Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades. Todd’s partner in this venture was her lover, director Roland West. West was the husband of silent movie star Jewel Carmen. Todd and West had met when he directed her in Corsair (1931).
Jun 18, 2019 · Leonard Maltin June 18, 2019. 20615. While sitting in a doctor’s waiting room yesterday I glanced at a TV monitor tuned to CNN. Imagine my surprise to see a 1935 newspaper clipping about the death of Thelma Todd, a longtime favorite of mine. The reason was simple: heiress and fashionista Gloria Vanderbilt just passed away at the age of 95.
Jul 18, 2016 · On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd's death was making headlines throughout the nation.
On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd's death was making headlines throughout the nation.
