Thelma Alice Todd (1906 - 1935)

Born 29 Jul 1906 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Pasquale DiCicco — married 10 Jul 1932 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States

Died 16 Dec 1935 at age 29 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States

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1930's Film Star. Film actress and businesswoman. Appeared in the Marx Brothers' films, "Monkey Business," and "Horsefeathers." Died in suspicious circumstances.

Biography

Thelma Todd is Notable.

Thelma Alice Todd was born at Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, in 1906, the daughter of John Shaw Todd, an Irish upholsterer, and Alice Elizabeth Edwards,^[1] who immigrated from Canada. She had an elder brother, William.

In 1925 she won the title Miss Massachusetts.

Thelma began her comedy career during the silent film era, starring in films with "The Marx Brothers" and "Laurel and Hardy" and "Buster Keaton".

Thelma Todd married Pat De Cicco at Prescott, Arizona, on July 10, 1932.^[2]

Thelma and Pasquale were divorced in 1934.

In 1934, Thelma opened a sidewalk cafe in Pacific Palisades named Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe.

In 1935 she featured in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bohemian Girl which aired in 1936.

On Monday, December 16, 1935, Thelma was found dead in her car, inside the garage of Jewel Carmen, about a block away from her restaurant. She was 29 years of age. Thelma was buried in her home town of Lawrence, Massachusetts. She had no children.^[3][4]

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Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXNR-D2R : 11 March 2018), Thelma Todd, 29 Jul 1906, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 31, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,130.
2. ↑ "Arizona Marriages, 1865-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ2Q-SH4 : 10 March 2020), T. Alice Todd in entry for P. De Cicco, 1932.
3. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR5-HLG6 : 27 September 2019), Thelma Alice Todd Dicicco, 1935.
4. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB8-53WJ : 12 March 2020), Thelma Todd in entry for Tryst, 1935.

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 21 January 2020), memorial page for Thelma Todd (29 Jul 1906–16 Dec 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #3074, citing Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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• The Mysterious Death of Massachusetts Movie Star Thelma Todd - New England Historical Society>"The Mysterious Death Of Massachusetts Movie Star Thelma Todd - New England Historical Society". 2017. New England Historical Society. Accessed January 21 2020.Article
• They Ruled Hollywood Starlet Thelma Todd's Death A 'Suicide' — But That Didn't Explain The Bruises>"They Ruled Hollywood Starlet Thelma Todd's Death A 'Suicide' — But That Didn't Explain The Bruises". 2020. All That's Interesting. Accessed January 21 2020. Article
• Liebenson, D.>Liebenson, Donald. 2018. "Classic Hollywood’S Greatest Female Comedy Team Still Packs A Punch". Vanity Fair. Accessed January 21 2020.Article

Acknowledgements

• Wikimedia Commons for Images.