Worked as a Sales Girl selling Gingham
Married at 16
Divorced at 18
Enters "The Most Beautiful Girl In New York" competition
Wins
Becomes part of the Ziegfield Follies
Takes Part in the Midnight Frolic
Her Midnight Frolic costume is balloons which men pop with cigars
Becomes object of affection by many rich admirers
Poses Nude for Alberto Vargas
Makes Film Debut
Marries Jack Pickford
Created the image of "Baby Vamp"
First Actress to be called "Flapper"
Made $3,000 a week
Thomas partied hard, loved alcohol
Alcoholism in her family
Car crashes and fights with her husband
Adopts her six year old nephew
Love of her husband's life
They head for Paris for a second honeymoon
They have a night of partying
Rumours say she took cocaine that night
Accidentally ingests mercury bichloride solution (that was meant for her husband's syphilis)
Screams "Oh my god!"
Too late
Last words 'Pretty weak, but I'll be all right in a little while, don't worry, darling"
Dies
Husband brings her body back to US, attempts to commit suicide
Thomas' ghost is said to haunt the New Amsterdam Theatre where she performed in Midnight Frolic.
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