Queenie Thomas

Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas (18 June 1898 – 11 October 1977) was a British actress in silent films, called “The British isles Mary Pickford".

[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.

[2][8] Their honeymoon trip, a short flight to Paris, was the subject of a newsreel clip by British Pathé.

A smiling young white woman standing outdoors, wearing a hat and coat, and a fox fur
Queenie Thomas, from the Library of Congress