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Thelma Todd

1906 - 1935

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Thelma Alice Todd (July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "The Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts, and in films such as Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies. She co-starred with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which (The Bohemian Girl) featured her in a part that was cut short by her sudden death in 1935 at the age of 29. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thelma Todd is the 4,981st most popular actor (down from 4,352nd in 2019), the 7,817th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,381st in 2019) and the 2,271st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Thelma Todd ranks 4,981 out of 13,578. Before her are Jacques Weber, Kim Dickens, Robert Douglas, Joyce Van Patten, Annie Wersching, and Kang Ha-neul. After her are Flavio Bucci, Rupert Friend, Robert Lamoureux, Keri Russell, Anita Page, and Shelley Hack.

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Among people born in 1906, Thelma Todd ranks 322. Before her are Alice Kober, Harry Hopman, Nils Skoglund, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Iosif Czako, and Carl-Erik Holmberg. After her are Abdylas Maldybaev, Irving Jaffee, Jean Dréville, Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Bengt Edlén, and Gustav Schäfer. Among people deceased in 1935, Thelma Todd ranks 130. Before her are Aimé Haegeman, Johan Ramstedt, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Pieter Cort van der Linden, and Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch. After her are Vernon Lee, Nikodem Caro, Guido Balzarini, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Jón Þorláksson, and José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thelma Todd ranks 7,819 out of 20,380. Before her are Alberta Hunter (1895), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), Tim Howard (1979), Michael Behe (1952), Joyce Van Patten (1934), and Annie Wersching (1977). After her are Ann Druyan (1949), Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Keri Russell (1976), Anita Page (1910), Shelley Hack (1947), and Michael Beck (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Thelma Todd ranks 2,272. Before her are Alexa PenaVega (1988), Bernadette Peters (1948), Edward Platt (1916), Kim Dickens (1965), Joyce Van Patten (1934), and Annie Wersching (1977). After her are Keri Russell (1976), Anita Page (1910), Shelley Hack (1947), Michael Beck (1949), Sydney Sweeney (1997), and Reta Shaw (1912).

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