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