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Acting
April 7, 1892
November 10, 1973
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.

Shell Person
1940

Guest (uncredited)
1939

Woman (uncredited)
1938

Wife
1937

Matron (uncredited)
1937

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1937

Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
1936

Minor Role (uncredited)
1936

Woman (uncredited)
1936

Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
1936

as Shell Person

as Guest (uncredited)

as Woman (uncredited)

as Wife

as Matron (uncredited)

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

as Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Woman (uncredited)

as Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Helpful Passerby (uncredited)

as Mrs. Jackson

as Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)

as Ma Snavely
as Mrs. Andy Martin

as Mother

as Sarah Morgan

as Mrs. Wilbur Louder
as Mrs. Daly
as Eleanor Crenshaw

as Princess Olga

as Aunt Rose

as Mrs. Rossmore


as Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
as Alicia Harrison
as 'Alabam' Kenyon


as School Matron

as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
as Marge

as Margot

as Mrs. Van Groot

as Lolette

as Mrs. Kent

as Evelyn Beaudine

as Paula Storm

as Margaret Knowles

as Nana

as Rayma

as Dreka Langley

as Countess Olga

as Jeanne

as Mrs. Trent

as Aunt Pearl

as Rosemary Theby (uncredited)

as Nina Micheltorena

as Madame Redoux

as Mrs. Beatrice Mason

as Madge

as Madame de Serizy

as Mrs. Lindley-Blair

as Josephine Clifford

as Mrs. Georges Mordeaux

as Carmen

as Nita de Garma

as Chiquita

as Rosa [O'Flynn]

as The Weaver of Dreams

as Katherine Brinkley

as Queen Morgan le Fay

as Frances Lloyd

as Winifred

as Kut-al-Kulub

as Hedda Kossiter

as Rose

as Audrey Lesden

as Hedda Gobert

as Maria Inez

as Mrs. Fielding

as Stella Mourdant

as Marian Green

as Cecile

as Betty Chesterton

as Daisy Appleton

as Flossie

as Patsy O'Connell

as Priestess Kah

as Cherie

as Mrs. Wilmerding

as Miss Corintee

as His Daughter

as Shirley Wayne


as Mrs. Love
as Mrs Cherub
as Julia

as May
as Eleanor - Marshall's Niece

as Ethel Wynne
as Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart

as Beatrice Esmond

as Classmate
as Betty

as The Nurse

as Quinetrea
as Tom's Sweetheart

as Giulia
as Nell Avery
as Second Daughter
as Third Girl

as Celia
as Sybil
as Norma Gyntsen
as Gladys Mayford
as Jane's Mother
as Marie

as Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
as Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
as Dick's Sweetheart

as Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé

as Helen - Irene's Friend
as Ethel Tunison