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Thelma Furness

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The Resume

    (August 23, 1904-January 29, 1970)
    Born in Lucerne, Switzerland
    Birth name was Thelma Morgan
    Identical twin sister of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
    Married AT&T heir James Vail Converse (1922-25) and shipping magnate Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (1926-33)
    Formed Thelma Morgan Pictures (1923)
    Appeared in the films 'Aphrodite' (1923), 'Enemies of Women' (1923), 'So This Is Marriage?' (1924) and 'Any Woman' (1925)

Why she might be annoying:

    Both her husbands were more than a decade older than her.
    During her second marriage, she had an affair with Edward, Prince of Wales.
    She called the Prince's penis 'the Tower of London.'
    She made the dual mistake of simultaneously having a fling with Prince Aly Khan and introducing Edward to Wallis Simpson.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She and her twin sister were famed society beauties, known as 'the Magnificent Morgans.'
    Both her husbands had affairs with actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce.
    She and Prince Edward initially bonded over a mutual love of jazz.
    At her death, she still carried in her purse the miniature teddy bear the Prince of Wales had given her.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying