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