Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas (18 June 1898 – 11 October 1977) was a British actress in silent films, called “The British isles Mary Pickford".[1]
Queenie Thomas | |
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Born | Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas 18 June 1898 Cardiff, Wales, UK |
Died | 11 October 1977 England, UK | (aged 79)
Other names | Regina Thomas |
Occupation | Actress |
Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 18 June 1898, the daughter of William Masters Thomas.[2]
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]
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.