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
- A Little Girl in a Big City as Mrs. Howard Young
- The Fool as Pearl
- Wildfire as Marie
- The Necessary Evil as Hattie
- Down Upon the Suwanee River as Mary Norwood
1924
- Trouping with Ellen as Lil
- Love of Women as Veerah Vale
- Leap Year as Nurse Phyllis Brown
- Greater Than Marriage as Venetia
- For Another Woman
- Those Who Judge as Katty Drexel
1923
- A Bride for a Knight as Jean Hawthorne
- Zaza as Florianne
- Wife in Name Only as Philippa L'Estrange
- The Bond Boy as Ollie Chase
- Does It Pay? as Marion
1922
- The Green Temptation as Dolly Dunton
1921
- The Lady from Longacre as Princess Isabel / Molly Moncke
- The Primal Law as Janice Webb
- A Broken Doll as Harriet Bundy
- The Sin of Martha Queed as Martha Queed
1920
- In the Heart of a Fool as Laura Nesbit
- The Valley of Tomorrow as Elenore Colonna
- Sand as Margaret Young
- The Scoffer as Margaret Haddon
1919
- This Hero Stuff as Teddy Craig
- The Prince and Betty as Betty Keith
- The Poor Boob as Tiny Parcel
- Spotlight Sadie as Hazel Harris
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
- Bombs! as Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter
- A Scoundrel's Toll as Betty - the Railway President's Daughter
1915
- Double Trouble as Flirt (uncredited)