THE 1930 CENSUS  

Thelma Todd

 (1906-1935) 

Film Actress

Connie Bailey in Horse Feathers (1932)

Hightower Gardens  

1922 Highland Avenue, No. 20

Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California

Rent, $150

Radio

Census recorded on April 9, 1930

HOUSEHOLD RESIDENTS:* 

1. Alice E Todd (head), 51 / Canada (no data) / None.
2. Thelma Todd (daughter), 22 / Massachusetts / Actress / Moving pictures.

Roland West and Mrs. Alice Todd

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* Information includes relationship to head of household, age / place of birth (year of arrival in this country, if applicable) / occupation / industry.

The preceeding text is taken from my recent book, Celebrities in the 1930 Census (McFarland & Co., Inc., 2008). This directory provides an extensive listing of household information collected for over 2,265 famous or notorious individuals who were alive during the 1930 United States Census. Please note: The above photographs do not appear in the book.

‘Raven’ scream queen Hazel Court dies at 82

Cult horror star died of heart attack at home near Lake Tahoe, Calif.

LOS ANGELES - Hazel Court, a British beauty who co-starred with the likes of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in horror movies of the 1950s and ’60s, has died. She was 82.

Court died Tuesday at her home near Lake Tahoe of a heart attack, her daughter said Wednesday.

While she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American TV, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963’s “The Raven.” She co-starred with Price, Karloff and Peter Lorre in a Roger Corman take on the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem.

Corman directed her in five movies. Like other “scream queens” of the era, Court’s roles often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths.

“The Premature Burial,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Curse of Frankenstein” and “Devil Girl from Mars” helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail even in her later years.

Court had finished an autobiography, “Hazel Court — Horror Queen,” which will be published in Britain, said her daughter, Sally Walsh.