About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1894-10-20
Place of birth:
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
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Olive Thomas

Overview

Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy;[1] October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model.

Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the Ziegfeld Follies the following year. During her time as a Ziegfeld girl, she also appeared in the more risqué show The Midnight Frolic. In 1916, she began a successful career in silent films and would appear in more than 20 features over the course of her four-year film career. That year she also married actor Jack Pickford, the younger brother of fellow silent-film star Mary Pickford.

On September 10, 1920, Thomas died in Paris five days after ingesting her husband's syphilis medication, mercury dichloride, that brought on acute nephritis. Although her death was ruled accidental, news of her hospitalization and subsequent death were the subject of speculation in the press. Thomas' death has been cited as one of the early scandals in Hollywood that was heavily publicized.

Known for

Acting
2010 Sigrid Holmquist Actor Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) 58
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2003 Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1920 Everybody's Sweetheart Actor Mary 58
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1920 Darling Mine Actor Kitty McCarthy N/A
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1920 The Flapper Actor Genevieve 'Ginger' King 59
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1920 Youthful Folly Actor Nancy Sherwin N/A
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1920 Footlights and Shadows Actor Gloria Dawn N/A
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1919 Out Yonder Actor Flotsam 59
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1919 The Glorious Lady Actor Ivis Benson 59
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1919 The Spite Bride Actor Tessa Doyle N/A
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1919 Prudence on Broadway Actor Prudence N/A
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1919 Upstairs and Down Actor Alice Chesterton N/A
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1919 Love's Prisoner Actor Nancy, later Lady Clevela 59
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1919 The Follies Girl Actor Doll N/A
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1919 Toton Actor Toton/ Yvonne N/A
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1918 Heiress For a Day Actor Helen Thurston N/A
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1918 Limousine Life Actor Minnie Wells N/A
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1918 Betty Takes a Hand Actor Betty Marshall 59
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1917 Tom Sawyer Actor Choir Member (Uncredited) 58
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1917 Indiscreet Corinne Actor Corinne Chilvers N/A
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1917 Broadway Arizona Actor Fritzi Carlyle 59
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1917 An Even Break Actor Claire Curtis 59
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1917 Madcap Madge Actor Madge Flower 59
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1917 A Girl Like That Actor Fannie Brooks N/A
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1916 Beatrice Fairfax Actor Rita Malone (#10 Playball) 58
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Writing
1920 Youthful Folly Writing Writer N/A
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