
Mary Thurman
Biography
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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.
Acting (30 movies)

The Prince and Betty
1919

The Necessary Evil
1925

Maggie's First False Step
1917

That Night
1917

A Dog Catcher's Love
1917

Trouping with Ellen
1924

In the Heart of a Fool
1920

The Late Lamented
1917

The Bond Boy
1923

Leap Year
1924

Double Trouble
1915

A Little Girl in a Big City
1925

A Bedroom Blunder
1917

Zaza
1923

Sand
1920

The Green Temptation
1922

The Sin of Martha Queed
1921

A Scoundrel's Toll
1916

The Scoffer
1920

Greater Than Marriage
1924

A Broken Doll
1921

The Primal Law
1921

For Another Woman
1924

Those Who Judge
1924

The Lady from Longacre
1921

Love of Women
1924

Does It Pay?
1923

This Hero Stuff
1919

The Fool
1925

Down Upon the Suwanee River
1925
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