Mary Thurman
Acting
Born April 27, 1895, Richfield, Utah, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Thurman (née Christiansen, April 27, 1895 – December 22, 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era. Thurman's film career began with roles in the comedies of Mack Sennett, as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties, and featured appearances in Bombs! (1916) and The Fool (1925). Her greatest success came when she was started working with director Allan Dwan. They collaborated on several critically acclaimed films including The Sin of Martha Queed (1921) and A Broken Doll (1921). In Dwan's still extant 1923 film Zaza, Thurman is the actress Gloria Swanson fights with. She appeared in nearly sixty Hollywood films from 1915 up until her death in 1925, frequently in those made by Pathé Studios. In 1924, while working on the movie Down Upon The Suwanee River in Florida, Thurman came down with a serious case of pneumonia. She suffered from the illness and was hospitalized for nearly a year. She died, the result of pneumonia, in New York City in 1925.
Filmography
- 1925A Little Girl in a Big City — Mrs. Howard Young
- 1925Down Upon the Suwanee River — Mary Norwood
- 1925The Fool — Pearl
- 1925The Necessary Evil — Hattie
- 1925Wildfire — Marie
- 1924For Another Woman
- 1924Greater Than Marriage — Venetia
- 1924Leap Year — Nurse Phyllis Brown
- 1924Love of Women — Veerah Vale
- 1924Those Who Judge — Katty Drexel
- 1924Trouping with Ellen — Lil
- 1923A Bride for a Knight — Jean Hawthorne
- 1923Does It Pay? — Marion
- 1923The Bond Boy — Ollie Chase
- 1923Wife in Name Only — Philippa L'Estrange
- 1923Zaza — Florianne
- 1922The Green Temptation — Dolly Dunton
- 1921A Broken Doll — Harriet Bundy
- 1921The Lady from Longacre — Princess Isabel / Molly Moncke
- 1921The Primal Law — Janice Webb
- 1921The Sin of Martha Queed — Martha Queed
- 1920In the Heart of a Fool — Laura Nesbit
- 1920Sand — Margaret Young
- 1920The Scoffer — Margaret Haddon
- 1920The Valley of Tomorrow — Elenore Colonna
- 1919Spotlight Sadie — Hazel Harris
- 1919The Poor Boob — Tiny Parcel
- 1919The Prince and Betty — Betty Keith
- 1919This Hero Stuff — Teddy Craig
- 1918Watch Your Neighbor — Mrs. Croaker, The Doctor's Wife
- 1917A Bedroom Blunder — Mrs. Whale - a Wife Above Average
- 1917A Dog Catcher's Love — Owner of Stolen Dog
- 1917Maggie's First False Step
- 1917That Night — Birdie Nightingale - a Chorus Girl
- 1917The Late Lamented — The Girl (unconfirmed)
- 1916A Scoundrel's Toll — Betty - the Railway President's Daughter
- 1916Bombs! — Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter
- 1915Double Trouble — Flirt (uncredited)