ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thelma Todd has received more than 1,584,742 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Thelma Todd is the 4,355th most popular actor (up from 4,366th in 2019), the 6,382nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,546th in 2019) and the 1,950th most popular American Actor.

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  • 26

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  • 2.17

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  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Thelma Todd ranks 4,355 out of 13,578. Before her are Ian Abercrombie, Melinda Dillon, Carole André, Louis Calhern, Corbin Bleu, and Carole Laure. After her are Steven Culp, Bernadette Peters, Joseph Sweeney, Rutanya Alda, Peter Facinelli, and Maurice Costello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Thelma Todd ranks 273. Before her are Olive Borden, Eino Penttilä, Boris Papandopulo, Erwin Geschonneck, Lee Barnes, and Victor Hasselblad. After her are Gerardo Romero, Virginia Hall, Wilfred Jackson, Hans Walzhofer, Wolfgang Koeppen, and Vilmos Kohut. Among people deceased in 1935, Thelma Todd ranks 115. Before her are Anna Katharine Green, Heinrich Schenker, Emil Młynarski, Will Rogers, Harald Sohlberg, and Jackson Showalter. After her are Sylvain Lévi, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Johan Ramstedt, Johannes Thiele, and Pieter Cort van der Linden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thelma Todd ranks 6,382 out of 20,380. Before her are Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), Helene Hanff (1916), Joseph Sargent (1925), Robert Ryman (1930), and Jane Colden (1724). After her are Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), Joseph Sweeney (1884), Jerrie Cobb (1931), Theodore Robinson (1852), and Patricia Bath (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Thelma Todd ranks 1,950. Before her are Barbara La Marr (1896), Hunter Tylo (1962), Lexington Steele (1969), Melinda Dillon (1939), Louis Calhern (1895), and Corbin Bleu (1989). After her are Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), Joseph Sweeney (1884), Peter Facinelli (1973), Maurice Costello (1877), and John Ratzenberger (1947).

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