Bobbie Baird

born: 04 January 1899 Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States of America

died: 27 October 1937 Huntington Park, California, United States of America (chronic myocarditis/epileptiform seizures, age 38)

American dancer and actress of stage and film. She was married to newspaper columnist-turned-screenwriter Don Ryan (1889-1978) from 1924 to her passing in 1937. She is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in her hometown of Hamilton, Ohio.

Real name: Thelma Louise Bobenmyer

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1926 The Merry Widower [?] Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6P4-S2N (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X644-X4W (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMCZ-Y7P (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLZK-45K (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDBQ-6SQ (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FM-2JH (1924 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H946-293Z (1924 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-XJC9 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9Q-M7VQ (death certificate) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93485121 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/678201922/ (Los Angeles Record, 24 Oct 1921) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/678230697/ (Los Angeles Record, 18 Apr 1922) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380552781/ (Los Angeles Times, 23 Jun 1922) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/412058187/ (Dayton Daily News, 27 Dec 1923) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/678127906/ (Los Angeles Record, 31 May 1924) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380827736/ (Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct 1937) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/683111759/ (Hollywood Citizen-News, 28 Oct 1937) https://archive.org/details/filmdail72wids/page/n281/mode/1up?q=%22bobbie+baird%22&view=theater (Film Daily, 30 Oct 1937) https://archive.org/details/variety128-1937-11/page/n61/mode/1up?q=%22bobbie+baird%22&view=theater (Variety, 03 Nov 1937) https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1937-11-13_49_46/page/34/mode/1up?q=%22bobbie+baird%22&view=theater (The Billboard, 13 Nov 1937) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22thelma+bobenmyer%22&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22thelma+bobenmeyer%22&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22bobbie+baird%22+bobenmyer&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 09 April 2025