Thelma Todd: Comedy Princess
When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, Thelma would say, "I want to be a teacher."
But her mother was dismayed.
"You're such a pretty little thing, Thelma," she would say, applauding her daughter as she won a local beauty contest, "You'll be a beautiful actress one day."
And she was exactly that: beautiful. In fact she was so beautiful her housemaid thought she was sleeping when she found her slumped over the wheel of her car. Only upon closer inspection did the woman realize she was dead. They deemed it suicide.
I deem it murder.
A/N: For those who do not know, Silent Film Star, Thelma Todd, whom I term 'Comedy Princess' appeared in many comedic features along with the Marx Bros, Laurel & Hardy, and Buster Keaton. Her death remains a mystery to this day. She was found in her car, dead. Many claimed it to be a suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. But later it was unveiled that bruises covered her body, leaving many to assume her ex-husband, Pat DiCicco, had strangled her out of humiliation for her divorcing him.