Person Details

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Aliases: Rose Masing , Rosemary Thebe , Rosemary Theresa Theby

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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Movie Involvements: 57

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Make Way for Tomorrow
Average
8

Make Way for Tomorrow

(1937) Minor Role (uncredited)
San Francisco
Average
7

San Francisco

(1936) Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Average
6

One Million B.C.

(1940) Shell Person
Wings in the Dark
Average
6

Wings in the Dark

(1935) Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
His Brother's Wife
Average
6

His Brother's Wife

(1936) Minor Role (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Average
3

Hollywood Boulevard

(1936) Rosemary Theby (scenes deleted)
Fifth Avenue Models
Average
0

Fifth Avenue Models

(1925) Mrs. Van Groot
Unseen Forces
Average
6

Unseen Forces

(1920) Winifred

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1940 Shell Person
1939 Guest (uncredited)
1938 Woman (uncredited)
1937 Wife
Matron (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
1936 Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Rosemary Theby (scenes deleted)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Woman
Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Bit Role (uncredited)
(uncredited)
1935 Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
Mrs. Jackson
Rockwell's Secretary (uncredited)
1933 Ma Snavely
1932 N/A
1931 Mrs. Andy Martin
Mother
Sarah Morgan
1930 Mrs. Wilbur Louder
Mrs. Daly
Eleanor Crenshaw
Princess Olga
Aunt Rose
1929 Mrs. Rossmore
N/A
Mrs. Geoorge Bannister, 4th
Alicia Harrison
'Alabam' Kenyon
1928 N/A
School Matron
1927 Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Marge
1925 Mrs. Van Groot
Evelyn Beaudine
1924 Paula Storm
Margaret Knowles
Nana
N/A
1923 Countess Olga
Jeanne
Aunt Pearl
Rosemary Theby (uncredited)
N/A
Madge
1922 Madame de Serizy
Mrs. Georges Mordeaux
Carmen
1921 Nita de Garma
Chiquita
Rosa [O'Flynn]
The Weaver of Dreams
Queen Morgan le Fay
1920 Winifred
Kut-al-Kulub
Rose
Hedda Gobert
Maria Inez
Mrs. Fielding
Stella Mourdant
1919 Marian Green
Betty Chesterton
Daisy Appleton
N/A
1918 Patsy O'Connell
Priestess Kah
Cherie
Mrs. Wilmerding
Miss Corintee
His Daughter
1917 Shirley Wayne
1916 N/A
Mrs Cherub
1915 N/A
1914 May
1913 Eleanor - Marshall's Niece
Ethel Wynne
Lila Lane - Harry's Sweetheart
Beatrice Esmond
Classmate
Betty
N/A
The Nurse
1912 Quinetrea
N/A
Tom's Sweetheart
Giulia
Nell Avery
Second Daughter
Third Girl
Celia
Sybil
Norma Gyntsen
Gladys Mayford
Jane's Mother
Marie
N/A
N/A
Mabel Wright - Daughter of Pronubial Couple
Rebecca Barish - the Daughter
Dick's Sweetheart
Ruth, Giuseppe's Fiancé
N/A
Helen - Irene's Friend
N/A
1911 Ethel Tunison
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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