Mary Thurman
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Mary Thurman (April 27, 1895 - December 22, 1925) was a silent motion picture actress from Richfield, Utah, USA.
Born Mary Christiansen, she appeared in nearly 60 Hollywood films from 1915 up until her death in 1925, frequently in those made by Pathe Studios. Her movie career began with roles in the comedies of Mack Sennett, and she later appeared in Bombs! (1916) and The Fool (1925). Mary also worked as a bathing beauty and possessed hair which was titian in color.
The actress was married to Victor E. Thurman, son of Utah Supreme Court justice S.R. Thurman. Victor Thurman filed suit against Mary, asking for divorce on December 1, 1919. In In The Heart of a Fool (1920) Miss Thurman played Laura Nesbit. She was chosen for this role by Canadian film director Allan Dwan. Mary became engaged to Allan Dwan after Dwan's wife, Miss Pauline Bush, sued him for divorce in Reno, Nevada on October 24, 1919. Bush charged Dwan with cruelty, ruining her stage career, and forcing her to enter a New York hospital to regain her health. She asked for alimony in the sum of $500 per week from the alleged $1,500 per week he was receiving as a director.
Thurman died of pneumonia in New York, New York in 1925 in Flower Hospital. She had been ill for approximately one year after making a motion picture in Florida. Mary was buried in Richfield, where she was born.
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- New York Times, Mary Thurman Dead, December 24, 1925, Page 13.
- Oakland, California Tribune, From Film Fun To Film Drama, September 19, 1920, Page 53.
- Oakland Tribune, Cupid Captures Mary Thurman, Tuesday Evening, December 26, 1922, Page 8.
