Mabel Todd (actress)
{{Short description|American actress (1907–1977)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mabel Todd
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|8|13}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|6|2|1907|8|13}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1937–1946
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{Marriage|Morey Amsterdam|1933|1945|end=divorced}}
- {{Marriage|Matthew A. Santino|1947|1950|end=divorced}}
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Mabel Todd (August 13, 1907 – June 2, 1977) was an American actress.
Early years
Todd was from Glendale and attended the University of Southern California.{{cite news |title=Friends Laughed at Mabel Todd's Acting Ambitions |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60217950/mabel-todd/ |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=The Windsor Star |date=September 15, 1937 |location=Canada, Ontario, Windsor |page=22|via = Newspapers.com}}
Career
Todd performed in vaudeville as a singer, dancer, and comedian.
Todd appeared in films such as Varsity Show, Over the Goal, Hollywood Hotel, Gold Diggers in Paris, Garden of the Moon, The Cowboy and the Lady, The Mysterious Miss X, Mystery of the White Room, Street of Missing Men, Blues in the Night, The Talk of the Town, The Ghost and the Guest, In Society, A Wave, a WAC and a Marine, Down Missouri Way and Wife Wanted.{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/mabel-todd-p71169 |title=Mabel Todd |publisher=AllMovie |date= |access-date=2019-03-30}}
Personal life
In 1932, Todd married Morey Amsterdam.{{cite web |url=https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.blog/2017/01/17/the-forgotten-mabel-todd-morey-amsterdams-lost-wife/ |title=The Forgotten Mabel Todd: Morey Amsterdam's Lost Wife |publisher=thelifeandtimesofhollywood |access-date=August 18, 2019}} They divorced in 1945.{{Citation needed |date=September 2020}} She married Matthew A. Santino on November 14, 1947, in Las Vegas, and they divorced on April 28, 1950.{{cite news |title=Beatings Cited as Mabel Todd Granted Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60211143/mabel-todd/ |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 29, 1950 |page=17|via = Newspapers.com}}
On June 2, 1977, Todd died in Los Angeles, California. Todd is buried at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Rowland Heights, California.{{Citation needed |date=September 2020}}
Filmography
= Film =
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Varsity Show | Cuddles | |
| 1937 | Over the Goal | Bee Travis | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Mother at Railroad Station | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel | Dot Marshall | |
| 1938 | Gold Diggers in Paris | Leticia | |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Mary Stanton | |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Elly | |
| 1939 | The Mysterious Miss X | Miss Annie Botts | |
| 1939 | Mystery of the White Room | Dora Stanley | |
| 1939 | Street of Missing Men | Dovie | |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Baby Beth Barton - Singer | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Vivian | |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Operator | Uncredited |
| 1943 | The Ghost and the Guest | Little Sister Mabel | |
| 1944 | In Society | Manicurist | Uncredited |
| 1944 | A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | Nurse | |
| 1946 | Down Missouri Way | Cindy | |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Florist | Uncredited, (final film role) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0865227}}
- [http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/person/192507%7C103526/Mabel-Todd/ Mabel Todd at tcm.turner.com]
- [https://www.fandango.com/people/mabel-todd-674400/biography Mabel Todd at fandango.com]
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from California