Mary Thurman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1895, Richfield, Utah, USA
- Died
- December 22, 1925
- Movies
- 38
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1925 | The Fool | Pearl |
| 1925 | Down Upon the Suwanee River | Mary Norwood |
| 1925 | A Little Girl in a Big City | Mrs. Howard Young |
| 1925 | Wildfire | Marie |
| 1925 | The Necessary Evil | Hattie |
| 1924 | Greater Than Marriage | Venetia |
| 1924 | For Another Woman | |
| 1924 | Those Who Judge | Katty Drexel |
| 1924 | Trouping with Ellen | Lil |
| 1924 | Love of Women | Veerah Vale |
| 1924 | Leap Year | Nurse Phyllis Brown |
| 1923 | A Bride for a Knight | Jean Hawthorne |
| 1923 | Zaza | Florianne |
| 1923 | Does It Pay? | Marion |
| 1923 | Wife in Name Only | Philippa L'Estrange |
| 1923 | The Bond Boy | Ollie Chase |
| 1922 | The Green Temptation | Dolly Dunton |
| 1921 | The Sin of Martha Queed | Martha Queed |
| 1921 | The Lady from Longacre | Princess Isabel / Molly Moncke |
| 1921 | The Primal Law | Janice Webb |
| 1921 | A Broken Doll | Harriet Bundy |
| 1920 | In the Heart of a Fool | Laura Nesbit |
| 1920 | The Scoffer | Margaret Haddon |
| 1920 | Sand | Margaret Young |
| 1920 | The Valley of Tomorrow | Elenore Colonna |
| 1919 | The Prince and Betty | Betty Keith |
| 1919 | This Hero Stuff | Teddy Craig |
| 1919 | Spotlight Sadie | Hazel Harris |
| 1919 | The Poor Boob | Tiny Parcel |
| 1918 | Watch Your Neighbor | Mrs. Croaker, The Doctor's Wife |
| 1917 | That Night | Birdie Nightingale - a Chorus Girl |
| 1917 | A Bedroom Blunder | Mrs. Whale - a Wife Above Average |
| 1917 | The Late Lamented | The Girl (unconfirmed) |
| 1917 | A Dog Catcher's Love | Owner of Stolen Dog |
| 1917 | Maggie's First False Step | |
| 1916 | Bombs! | Miss O'Doherty - the Mayor's Daughter |
| 1916 | A Scoundrel's Toll | Betty - the Railway President's Daughter |
| 1915 | Double Trouble | Flirt (uncredited) |
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