Thelma Parr

Thelma Parr
Born	Thelma Sill (1906-10-19)October 19, 1906 Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.
Died	February 13, 2000(2000-02-13) (aged 93) San Clemente, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1925–1930
Spouse	William E. Goman (m.1925–div.1930)

Thelma Parr (née Sill, October 19, 1906 – February 13, 2000) was an American actress who played in Mack Sennett comedies as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties. She was considered by film critics to be one of the most beautiful brunettes in Hollywood films.

Life

Parr was reportedly a descendant of philosopher Thomas Paine.

She was married to banjo player, William E. Goman, in Santa Ana, California on May 21, 1925. Parr obtained a divorce decree from Goman in April 1930.

Parr's film career was ended by a car accident in which she received facial injuries in March 1928 on Sunset Boulevard. Her mouth was badly mutilated when she was thrown against a windshield of an auto in which she was a passenger; Parr received a compensatory sum of $7,112 from the driver of the vehicle, Kenneth Sanderson.

Thelma Parr died in San Clemente, California in 2000, aged 93.

Filmography

References

Sources

• Sherk, Warren M. (1998). The Films of Mack Sennett: Credit Documentation from the Mack Sennett Collection at the Margaret Herrick Library. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-810-83443-9.
• Walker, Brent E. (2013). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-47711-1.

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