Patsy Kelly was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of short comedy films produced by Hal Roach in the 1930s. Kelly's career continued in similar roles after Todd's death in 1935.
Kelly in Topper Returns (1941)
Lobby card for short comedy The Tin Man (1935) with Patsy Kelly and Thelma Todd
Photo of guest stars Jan Murray, Patsy Kelly and Pat Harrington from the television program The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. The three play roles of THRUSH executives jockeying for power in the organization in the episode "The Hula Doll Affair".
Thelma Alice Todd 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. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which featured her in a part that was cut short by her sudden death in 1935 at the age of 29.
Todd, c. 1933
Todd in Corsair (1931)
Todd, Roland Young, Lili Damita in This Is the Night (1932)
Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, 17575 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades