Mary Thurman
Born: 1895-04-27 in Richfield, Utah, USA
Died: 1925-12-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1925
- Wildfire as Marie
- Down Upon the Suwanee River as Mary Norwood
- The Fool as Pearl
- The Necessary Evil as Hattie
- A Little Girl in a Big City as Mrs. Howard Young
1924
- For Another Woman
- Greater Than Marriage as Venetia
- Leap Year as Nurse Phyllis Brown
- Those Who Judge as Katty Drexel
- Trouping with Ellen as Lil
- Love of Women as Veerah Vale
1923
- Zaza as Florianne
- A Bride for a Knight as Jean Hawthorne
- Wife in Name Only as Philippa L'Estrange
- Does It Pay? as Marion
- The Bond Boy as Ollie Chase
1922
- The Green Temptation as Dolly Dunton
1921
- The Primal Law as Janice Webb
- A Broken Doll as Harriet Bundy
- The Lady from Longacre as Princess Isabel / Molly Moncke
- The Sin of Martha Queed as Martha Queed
1920
- The Valley of Tomorrow as Elenore Colonna
- The Scoffer as Margaret Haddon
- In the Heart of a Fool as Laura Nesbit
- Sand as Margaret Young
1919
- Spotlight Sadie as Hazel Harris
- The Poor Boob as Tiny Parcel
- The Prince and Betty as Betty Keith
- This Hero Stuff as Teddy Craig
1918
- Watch Your Neighbor as Mrs. Croaker, The Doctor's Wife
1917
- A Bedroom Blunder as Mrs. Whale - a Wife Above Average
- That Night as Birdie Nightingale - a Chorus Girl
- The Late Lamented as The Girl (unconfirmed)
- A Dog Catcher's Love as Owner of Stolen Dog
- Maggie's First False Step
1916
- A Scoundrel's Toll as Betty - the Railway President's Daughter
- Bombs! as Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter
1915
- Double Trouble as Flirt (uncredited)