
Rosemary Theby
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.
131 acting credits
Acting · 131

You Can't Take It with You
1938

Make Way for Tomorrow
1937

San Francisco
1936

Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935

One Million B.C.
1940

Our Relations
1936

The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933

The Devil Is Driving
1937

Undercover Doctor
1939

Terror Island
1920

Yours for the Asking
1936

The Little Grey Mouse
1920

His Brother's Wife
1936

Kismet
1920

The Last Trail
1921

As Man Desires
1925

Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923

The Second 100 Years
1927

The Red Lily
1924

Long Live the King
1923

Shame
1921

Montmartre Rose
1929

Wings in the Dark
1935

Mary of the Movies
1923

A Son of the Sahara
1924

Tea- With a Kick!
1923

Across the Divide
1921

Midnight Daddies
1930

Yellow Men and Gold
1922

Unseen Forces
1920
The Sacrifice
1911

Trial Marriage
1929

A Splendid Hazard
1920

The Great Love
1918

Fifth Avenue Models
1925

Unexpected Places
1918

Peggy Does Her Darndest
1919

The Eternal Flame
1922

So Big
1924

One Year to Live
1925

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1921
An Eventful Elopement
1912

Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931

Fightin' Mad
1921

Vogues of 1938
1937

Yvonne from Paris
1919

As You Like It
1912

Good Women
1921

One Rainy Afternoon
1936

The Silent Mystery
1918

The Little Minister
1913

Upstairs and Down
1919

In Search of a Thrill
1923

The Girl of the Golden West
1923

The Chinatown Mystery
1928

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
Father's Hot Toddy
1912
Riding to Fame
1927

The Hushed Hour
1919

When a Woman Strikes
1919
Doctor's Orders
1932

Scotch
1930

Slander the Woman
1923

The Port of Missing Girls
1928
Taxi Troubles
1931

A Woman Against the World
1928
A Fortune in a Teacup
1912
Dice of Destiny
1920

The Drunkard
1935

The Eagle's Feather
1923

A Juvenile Love Affair
1912

Wreckage
1925

Who's Who in the Zoo
1931

Rich Men's Wives
1922

Neighborhood House
1936

The Toymaker
1912
Irene's Infatuation
1912

Rock of Ages
1912
The Light of St. Bernard
1912
The Geranium
1911
The Awakening of Bianca
1912

Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
1912
The Godmother
1912
Cupid Through a Keyhole
1913
Girls Who Dare
1929

Boston Blackie's Little Pal
1918

Married to Order
1920

The Truthful Sex
1926

The Butterfly Man
1920
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened
1913

The Mystery Of 13
1919

I Am the Law
1922

Faith
1919

The Winged Mystery
1917

Partners of Fate
1921

Pagan Passions
1924

The Illumination
1912
Bulls and Bears
1930
The Midnight Patrol
1918

Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
1914
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
1912
His Wedding Promise
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Whispering Devils
1920

The Reincarnation of Karma
1912

Sugar Plum Papa
1930

The Peacock Fan
1929

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
1913
Written in the Sand
1912

Rio Grande
1920
Love in the Ghetto
1912
He Trumped Her Ace
1930

Secrets of the Night
1924

The Mills of the Gods
1912
A Bowery Cinderella
1927
Betty's Baby
1913
The Classmate's Frolic
1913
The Two Battles
1912
His Father's Son
1912

The Web
1913
Wanted, a Sister
1912
The Master Painter
1913
The Man of Shame
1915

Bright and Early
1918

Your Friend and Mine
1923
The Hand Bag
1912
The Dream Melody
1929

The Chalk Line
1916

The Amateur Adventuress
1919
A Model Husband
1916

His Strenuous Visit
1916