Mabel todd biography

“To be truthful, I didn’t try very hard to break into the movies, and what I did wasn’t done very intelligently. I was convinced that the way to get into the movies was not to head straight for the studios but East to Chicago or New York and work toward Hollywood from there.” –Mabel Todd

Mabel Todd was born on August 13, 1907, in Los Angeles, California, to Richard and Helen Todd, and grew up in Glendale, California.

Her father worked as a salesman.

At an early age, Mabel and her sister, Marcia, performed as a singing duo in vaudeville. Mabel later sang on the radio regularly and was dubbed “The Little Ray of Sunshine.”

In 1933, she and comedian Morey Amsterdam married and worked together on The Laff and Swing Club radio show.

Todd made her film debut in Varsity Show (1933) and signed a contract with Warner Brothers.

She appeared in supporting roles in films such as Hollywood Hotel (1937) and Gold Diggers in Paris (1938),