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My Take
Thelma Todd, the Ice Cream Blonde, leaves me both charmed and saddened. In barely nine years she appeared in roughly 120 films and shorts, trading wit with the Marx Brothers and ZaSu Pitts during Hollywood's early golden age. A girl from Lawrence, Massachusetts who became a comic queen of the screen, only to die mysteriously at 29. I keep returning to how much talent was compressed into so short a life, and how a Walk of Fame star can honor but never replace what was lost. For me she embodies the bittersweet glamour of that era, a luminous smile worth remembering.
Overview
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 the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Thelma Todd
- Name (Japanese)
- セルマ・トッド
- Reading
- せるま・とっど
- Born
- July 29, 1906 – December 16, 1935
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.