Nov 18, 2019
8 min read
The Enigmatic Death of Thelma Todd
Was the big screen bombshell a victim of suicide, homicide, or a tragic accident?
Thelma Alice Todd’s story began in Lawrence, Massachusetts, when she was born on July 29, 1906, to an Irishman named John Todd, and a Canadian named Alice Edwards. She graduated high school in 1923. Thelma studied to become a school teacher, but her mother signed her up for beauty pageants, fearing that her beautiful and…
