Thelma WHITE & His Band “ Hollywood Boogie “ !!!

RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MISS THELMA WHITE & HIS BAND ! Thelma White (December 4, 1910 - January 11, 2005) was an American radio and film actress. White is best known from her role in the 1936 exploitation film Reefer Madness. Born Thelma Wolpa in Lincoln, Nebraska, White debuted in her family’s circus show at age 2, acting as a “living doll“ who would stand in place until she got a cue to begin cooing and wriggling. At the age of 10 she was dancing in vaudeville as part of The White Sisters, leading to jobs with the Ziegfeld Follies and Earl Carroll revue before she moved to Hollywood in the late 20’s. Her first film was A Night in a Dormitory (1930) co-starring Ginger Rogers. That job led to a number of short films at Pathé Studios (later RKO Pictures), where she played leading lady to some of the most familiar comic faces of the day, such as Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol. White’s most famous role arrived in Tell Your Children (1936) better known today as Reefer Madness, a low-budget exploitation film to wa