Olive Thomas
About
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Birth Place
Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Born
October 20, 1894
Died
September 10, 2020
Cause of Death
Bichloride Of Mercury Poisoning
Filmography
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The Flapper
(1920)
Ginger King
Footlights and Shadows
(1920)
Gloria Dawn
Everybody's Sweetheart
(1920)
Mary
Darling Mine
(1920)
Kitty McCarthy
Youthful Folly
(1920)
Nancy Sherwin
The Follies Girl
(1919)
Doll
Family & Companions
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Bernard Krug Thomas
Husband
Salesman. Married briefly in early 1910s.
Jack Pickford
Husband
Actor. Born in 1896; married from 1917 until her death; died in 1933.
Notes
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Her birthyear is variously given as 1884, 1894 and 1898.
"That girl has a businesswoman's head. I believe she will be capable of directing someday . . . Olive is a joy-of-living optimist--but an intelligent one." --unnamed director, quoted in 1919 newspaper interview
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Flapper
(1920)
Ginger King
Footlights and Shadows
(1920)
Gloria Dawn
Everybody's Sweetheart
(1920)
Mary
Darling Mine
(1920)
Kitty McCarthy
Youthful Folly
(1920)
Nancy Sherwin
The Follies Girl
(1919)
Doll
Love's Prisoner
(1919)
Nancy, "The Bird"
Prudence on Broadway
(1919)
Prudence
Toton
(1919)
Toton/Yvonne
The Glorious Lady
(1919)
Ivis Benson
Out Yonder
(1919)
Flotsam
Upstairs and Down
(1919)
Alice Chesterton
The Spite Bride
(1919)
Tessa Doyle
Prudence of Broadway
(1919)
Betty Takes a Hand
(1918)
Betty Marshall
Heiress for a Day
(1918)
Helen Thurston
Limousine Life
(1918)
Minnie Wills
A Girl Like That
(1917)
Fannie Brooks
Indiscreet Corinne
(1917)
Corinne Chilvers
Broadway Arizona
(1917)
Fritzi Carlyle
Madcap Madge
(1917)
Madge Flower
An Even Break
(1917)
Claire Curtis
Beatrice Fairfax
(1916)
Writer (Feature Film)
Youthful Folly
(1920)
Story
Life Events
Family
James Duffy
Brother
Worked at Selznick Studios; survived her.
William Duffy
Brother
Worked at Selznick Studios; survived her.
Harriet Vankirk
Half-Sister
Born c. 1914; survived her.
Companions
Bernard Krug Thomas
Husband
Salesman. Married briefly in early 1910s.
Jack Pickford
Husband
Actor. Born in 1896; married from 1917 until her death; died in 1933.
Bibliography
Notes
Her birthyear is variously given as 1884, 1894 and 1898.
"That girl has a businesswoman's head. I believe she will be capable of directing someday . . . Olive is a joy-of-living optimist--but an intelligent one." --unnamed director, quoted in 1919 newspaper interview
Thomas' ghost is said to haunt the New Amsterdam Theatre in Manhattan.
