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Thelma Hill (born Thelma Hillerman; December 12, 1906 – May 11, 1938) was an American silent screen comedian and one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties.
Thelma was the first Sennett bathing beauty, and one of the few, to make it into feature films. She starred opposite Ben Turpin in "The Prodigal Bridegroom," and got one of the two female leads in the hilarious Laurel & Hardy "Two Tars" in 1928.
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Thelma Hill was a Mack Sennett bathing beauty and comedic actress who struggled with alcoholism and died young. She was born Thelma Floy Hillerman in Emporia, Kansas on December 12, 1904 (not 1906 as some sources claim). Her father Clifford Hillerman was a railroad worker and her mother Gussie Knittle was a housewife.
Thelma Hill was a Mack Sennett bathing beauty and actress who died tragically in 1938. Please visit ThelmaHill.net.
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As a young child growing up in New York City, Thelma Hill's first dance training was in tap dance. She later studied ballet at the Metropolitan Opera School of Ballet. In the 1950s, Hill...
Nov 23, 1977 · Thelma Hill, a noted dance teacher, died Monday evening of smoke inhalation from a fire in her apartment at 156‐08 Riverside Drive West. She was 53 years old.
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Thelma Hill was born Thelma Floy Hillerman in Emporia, Kansas. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California during her early teen years. Living just blocks from the Mack Sennett studio, Thelma became one of the star struck, wide eyed girls who hung out near the studio peering through the gates.
