1. At the age of 10, she was dancing in vaudeville as part of The Thelma White Sisters, leading to jobs with the Ziegfeld Follies and Earl Carroll revue, then moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s.
11 Facts About Thelma White
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Thelma White's first film was A Night in a Dormitory co-starring Ginger Rogers.
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Thelma White appeared as Mae, the oft-ignored voice of conscience to her dope-dealer boyfriend Jack.
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Thelma White continued to struggle through B-movies and small roles for the next few years, and in Hollywood circles, she was more known for her private life than her on-camera abilities.
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Thelma White was married three times, first to radio star Claude Stroud for five years, then a brief marriage to Max Hoffman Jr.
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Thelma White helped entertain the troops in July 1944 at Camp Roberts, California, performing with Red Skelton in Girl Crazy.
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Thelma White continued to make appearances in B-movies such as the film series with The Bowery Boys, and near the end of the war, she contracted a crippling disease while in the Aleutian Islands.
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Thelma White was bedridden for five years and was told she never would walk again.
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Thelma White later worked as an agent, representing actors such as Robert Blake and James Coburn.
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Thelma White had 3 children and died of pneumonia in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital on January 11,2005, at age 94.
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Thelma White was the last surviving cast member of Reefer Madness.