About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1895-04-27
Place of birth:
Richfield, Utah, USA
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Mary Thurman

Overview

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.

Known for

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1925 A Little Girl in a Big City Actor Mrs. Howard Young N/A
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1925 The Necessary Evil Actor Hattie N/A
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1924 Greater Than Marriage Actor Venetia N/A
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1924 For Another Woman Actor N/A
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1924 Those Who Judge Actor Katty Drexel N/A
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1924 Trouping with Ellen Actor Lil N/A
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1924 Love of Women Actor Veerah Vale N/A
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1924 Leap Year Actor Nurse Phyllis Brown 58
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1923 A Bride for a Knight Actor Jean Hawthorne N/A
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1923 Zaza Actor Florianne 59
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1923 Does It Pay? Actor Marion N/A
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1923 Wife in Name Only Actor Philippa L'Estrange N/A
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1923 The Bond Boy Actor Ollie Chase N/A
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1922 The Green Temptation Actor Dolly Dunton N/A
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1921 The Sin of Martha Queed Actor Martha Queed N/A
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1921 The Lady from Longacre Actor Princess Isabel / Molly Moncke N/A
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1921 The Primal Law Actor Janice Webb N/A
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1921 A Broken Doll Actor Harriet Bundy N/A
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1920 In the Heart of a Fool Actor Laura Nesbit 58
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1920 The Scoffer Actor Margaret Haddon N/A
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1920 Sand Actor Margaret Young 58
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1919 The Prince and Betty Actor Betty Keith 59
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1917 That Night Actor Birdie Nightingale - a Chorus Girl N/A
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1917 A Bedroom Blunder Actor Mrs. Whale - a Wife Above Average 58
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1917 The Late Lamented Actor The Girl (unconfirmed) N/A
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1917 A Dog Catcher's Love Actor Owner of Stolen Dog N/A
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1917 Maggie's First False Step Actor N/A
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1916 Bombs! Actor Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter 59
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1916 A Scoundrel's Toll Actor Betty - the Railway President's Daughter 59
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1915 Double Trouble Actor Flirt (uncredited) 59
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