Mary Thurman

Mary Thurman

Born: April 27, 1895
Died: December 22, 1925
in Richfield, Utah, USA
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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.

Movies for Mary Thurman...

A Little Girl in a Big City
Title: A Little Girl in a Big City
Character: Mrs. Howard Young
Released: July 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Small-town girl Mary Barry wins a beauty contest and goes to New York to meet D. V. Cortelyou, the magazine's publisher. Greatly taken by young girl, Cortelyou arranges for her to live with Dolly Griffith, a woman of questionable reputation who often aids him in his wicked schemes of blackmail and seduction. During a party seemingly in Mary's honor, Cortelyou obtains some apparently compromising evidence with which to blackmail Mrs. Young, the wife of a wealthy broker; Cortelyou then makes rough advances toward Mary, and one of his assistants, Jack McGuire, gives him a good beating.
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The Necessary Evil
Title: The Necessary Evil
Character: Hattie
Released: May 17, 1925
Type: Movie
Ben Lyon and Viola Dana co-star in this heavy society drama
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Greater Than Marriage
Title: Greater Than Marriage
Character: Venetia
Released: November 16, 1924
Type: Movie
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Trouping with Ellen
Title: Trouping with Ellen
Character: Lil
Released: October 5, 1924
Type: Movie
Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony Winterslip, she's impressed by his family tree and vast wealth. When Winterslip's car breaks down during a rainstorm, Ellen gets drenched and contracts pneumonia. It takes much persuasion, but finally Ellen agrees to recuperate at the Winterslip country home.
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Leap Year
Title: Leap Year
Character: Nurse Phyllis Brown
Released: January 11, 1924
Type: Movie
A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his girlfriends.
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A Bride for a Knight
Title: A Bride for a Knight
Character: Jean Hawthorne
Released: December 15, 1923
Type: Movie
While having dental work done, Jimmy inhales too much gas and begins believing that he is a detective. He sets out to capture a gang of thieves who robbed Jean's uncle's bank.
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Zaza
Title: Zaza
Character: Florianne
Released: October 21, 1923
Type: Movie
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
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Wife in Name Only
Title: Wife in Name Only
Character: Philippa L'Estrange
Released: August 25, 1923
Type: Movie
Wealthy orphan Philippa L'Estrange loves handsome Norman Arleigh and is confident of marrying him until he discloses that he has only brotherly affection for her. Determined to have revenge, Philippa introduces Arleigh to Madeline Dornham and reveals on their wedding day that Madeline, his bride, is the daughter of the man who killed his mother. In the end it is learned that Madeline is Mrs. Dornham's daughter from a previous marriage, not the daughter of a criminal.
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The Bond Boy
Title: The Bond Boy
Character: Ollie Chase
Released: May 23, 1923
Type: Movie
For the sake of his impoverished mother, Joe Newbolt bonds himself to harsh Isom Chase. Ollie Chase tires of the difficult life her husband has forced on her and plans to elope with Cyrus Morgan, but Joe's sense of honor forces him to intervene. While Joe is trying to persuade Ollie not to proceed with her plans, Chase discovers him with his wife, misunderstands, reaches for his gun, and is accidentally killed. Joe protects Mrs. Chase, though he is accused of murder, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged.
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The Green Temptation
Title: The Green Temptation
Character: Dolly Dunton
Released: April 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Genelle and Gaspard operate an itinerant Parisian theatre in which the greatest profits are realized by picking the pockets of the audience and robbing their homes while they are watching the show. When the First World War breaks out, Genelle volunteers as a Red Cross nurse and renounces her criminal ways. She travels to America, but re-encounters Gaspard, who is determined to use her new contacts in the upper class to continue their larcenous partnership.
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The Primal Law
Title: The Primal Law
Character: Janice Webb
Released: September 11, 1921
Type: Movie
silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land.
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A Broken Doll
Title: A Broken Doll
Character: Harriet Bundy
Released: June 12, 1921
Type: Movie
Ranch hand Tommy Dawes has a special bond with little Rosemary, the crippled daughter of his boss Bill Nyall. When Tommy accidentally breaks Rosemary's favorite doll one day, he borrows a $20 gold piece from the foreman's mattress to go to town and buy a new doll. However, on the way there he is ambushed and robbed by an escaped convict
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In the Heart of a Fool
Title: In the Heart of a Fool
Character: Laura Nesbit
Released: October 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Laura Nesbit, daughter of old Dr. Nesbit and belle of the younger social set in the town of Harvey, plans to marry Grant Adams, the editor of the local paper, until she flirts with rising but unethical lawyer Tom VanDorn to arouse her beau's jealousy. A saddened Grant is drawn into an affair with town siren Margaret Muller, with whom he has an illegitimate son. On the rebound, Laura marries VanDorn and Margaret weds attorney Henry Fenn. History repeats itself when Laura's husband becomes infatuated with Margaret, which breaks up both marriages. Meanwhile, Grant has given up his newspaper to become a foreman in the mines. After he is injured in an explosion, Grant is taken to the Nesbit home, where Laura's care restores his health. When Grant's little son is shot and killed during a strike, he becomes so overwrought with grief that he confesses the boy's parentage to Laura, who forgives his past and they begin a new life together.
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The Scoffer
Title: The Scoffer
Character: Margaret Haddon
Released: September 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Dr. Stannard Wayne -- like all "good" men of the times -- is a God-fearing soul. He marries the former mistress of his friend, Dr. Arthur Richards, without knowing her past. Richards, an abortionist, resumes his affair with the woman and runs off with her. But before he leaves, he frames Wayne for one of the illegal operations he has done, and the innocent man is sent to prison for five years. When he gets out, Wayne has become angry and cynical.
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Sand
Title: Sand
Character: Margaret Young
Released: June 19, 1920
Type: Movie
Railroad station agent Dan Kurrie is fired from his job by his rival in love, Joseph Garber. Believed false by the girl he loves, Margaret , Kurrie must prove himself by unmasking a gang of bandits preying on the trains.
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The Prince and Betty
Title: The Prince and Betty
Character: Betty Keith
Released: December 21, 1919
Type: Movie
Young American John Maude is forced to find a job when he falls in love with society girl Betty Keith. He accepts a sudden offer to go to Mervo, a tiny island country, where he is hired by Benjamin Scobell to pose as the lost prince of Mervo as an attraction to bolster the Mervo casino as a rival of Monte Carlo. Scobell also wants John to marry his stepdaughter, who turns out to be Betty. When Betty accuses John of being simply a shill for a gambling house, John closes the casino and tries to stage a revolution to make Mervo a republic.
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That Night
Title: That Night
Character: Birdie Nightingale - a Chorus Girl
Released: December 16, 1917
Type: Movie
There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a fortune left her, whereupon Beery, the proprietor, Trask and Murray, two entertainers, all race to her home with the idea of marrying her.
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A Bedroom Blunder
Title: A Bedroom Blunder
Character: Mrs. Whale - a Wife Above Average
Released: October 7, 1917
Type: Movie
A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of the local bathing beauties, he has to be careful not to let his wife see him enjoying himself.
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The Late Lamented
Title: The Late Lamented
Character: The Girl (unconfirmed)
Released: September 23, 1917
Type: Movie
The Late Lamented is a 1917 Comedy short.
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A Dog Catcher's Love
Title: A Dog Catcher's Love
Character: Owner of Stolen Dog
Released: June 24, 1917
Type: Movie
The dog catcher of the title is arrow-narrow Slim , and his "love" is pert Peggy. Alas, his rival is handsome bow-wow fancier E.R. Ketchum, whose luck with women borders on the fantastic.
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Maggie's First False Step
Title: Maggie's First False Step
Released: February 25, 1917
Type: Movie
Maggie's First False Step
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Bombs!
Title: Bombs!
Character: Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter
Released: October 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A World War 1 slapstick comedy from Keystone.
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A Scoundrel's Toll
Title: A Scoundrel's Toll
Character: Betty - the Railway President's Daughter
Released: September 17, 1916
Type: Movie
Slapstick comedy about a poor and unlucky life of a inventor.
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Double Trouble
Title: Double Trouble
Character: Flirt (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1915
Type: Movie
Double Trouble is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film written and directed by Christy Cabanne and stars Douglas Fairbanks in his third motion picture. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Herbert Quick. A print of the film is held by the Cohen Media Group.