Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1895-04-27
Day of Death
1925-12-22
Place of Birth
Richfield, Utah, USA
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.
Filmography (38)
The Fool
1925
Down Upon the Suwanee River
1925
A Little Girl in a Big City
1925Wildfire
1925
The Necessary Evil
1925
Greater Than Marriage
1924
For Another Woman
1924
Those Who Judge
1924
Trouping with Ellen
1924
Love of Women
1924
Leap Year
1924A Bride for a Knight
1923
Zaza
1923
Does It Pay?
1923
