Thelma Todd was born on July 29, 1905, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, an industrial city near the New Hampshire state line. She was a lovely child with good academic tendencies, so much so that she decided early on to become a schoolteacher. After high school she went on to college, but at her mother's insistence entered several beauty contests (apparently her mother wanted her to be more than just a schoolmarm). Thelma was so successful in these endeavors that she entered on the state level an ...[Read Story]