Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas (18 June 1898 – 11 October 1977) was a British actress in silent films, called “The British isles
Mary Pickford".[1]
Early life
Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas was born in
Cardiff,
Wales, on 18 June 1898, the daughter of William Masters Thomas.[2]
Career
She and director
Bertram Phillips often worked on films together,[3] including an adaptation of The School for Scandal (1923), in which she played Lady Teazle[4] opposite a young
Basil Rathbone.[5] "Considerable efforts were made to publicize her as a star," noted one film historian of Thomas.[6] She was often shown enjoying outdoor sports such as fishing, golf,[7] and ice skating in photographs printed in newspapers and magazines, and was referred to as "England's Mary Pickford."[1]
Personal life
She married engineer George Newman in 1919.[2][8] Their honeymoon trip, a short flight to Paris, was the subject of a
newsreel clip by
British Pathé.[9] She died on 11 October 1977 in England, at the age of 79.
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abMarriage record for Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas and George Newman (October 20, 1919), in the records of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, England, via Ancestry.