Mary Thurman

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.

Known For

Zaza

Trouping with Ellen

This Hero Stuff

Wife in Name Only

In the Heart of a Fool

The Prince and Betty

The Lady from Longacre

The Green Temptation

All Movies (38)

• The Fool1925 · as Pearl
• Down Upon the Suwanee River1925 · as Mary Norwood
• A Little Girl in a Big City1925 · as Mrs. Howard Young
• Wildfire1925 · as Marie
• The Necessary Evil1925 · as Hattie
• Greater Than Marriage1924 · as Venetia
• For Another Woman1924
• Those Who Judge1924 · as Katty Drexel
• Trouping with Ellen1924 · as Lil
• Love of Women1924 · as Veerah Vale
• Leap Year1924 · as Nurse Phyllis Brown
• A Bride for a Knight1923 · as Jean Hawthorne
• Zaza1923 · as Florianne
• Does It Pay?1923 · as Marion
• Wife in Name Only1923 · as Philippa L'Estrange
• The Bond Boy1923 · as Ollie Chase
• The Green Temptation1922 · as Dolly Dunton
• The Sin of Martha Queed1921 · as Martha Queed
• The Lady from Longacre1921 · as Princess Isabel / Molly Moncke
• The Primal Law1921 · as Janice Webb
• A Broken Doll1921 · as Harriet Bundy
• In the Heart of a Fool1920 · as Laura Nesbit
• The Scoffer1920 · as Margaret Haddon
• Sand1920 · as Margaret Young
• The Valley of Tomorrow1920 · as Elenore Colonna
• The Prince and Betty1919 · as Betty Keith
• This Hero Stuff1919 · as Teddy Craig
• Spotlight Sadie1919 · as Hazel Harris
• The Poor Boob1919 · as Tiny Parcel
• Watch Your Neighbor1918 · as Mrs. Croaker, The Doctor's Wife
• That Night1917 · as Birdie Nightingale - a Chorus Girl
• A Bedroom Blunder1917 · as Mrs. Whale - a Wife Above Average
• The Late Lamented1917 · as The Girl (unconfirmed)
• A Dog Catcher's Love1917 · as Owner of Stolen Dog
• Maggie's First False Step1917
• Bombs!1916 · as Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter
• A Scoundrel's Toll1916 · as Betty - the Railway President's Daughter
• Double Trouble1915 · as Flirt (uncredited)