Norma Talmadge
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1894
- Died
- December 24, 1957 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Norma Talmadge started her career in one-reelers in 1909 for Vitagraph, playing bit roles as a young teenager starting. As she continually worked at the studio over the next several years, her parts grew until she frequently started as the leading lady. Her young promising career got a huge boost after her marriage to exhibitor Joseph M. Schenck. Together, they formed the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation in 1917 and began producing Star vechiles for Talmadge. Specializing in melodramas and woman’s pictures, Talmadge became one of the biggest stars of the 1920s, starting in hits such as Smilin’ Through, Secrets, The Lady, and Kiki. With her star already fading when the talkie revolution swept Hollywood, Talmadge made just two sound films before retiring from the screen. Although largely forgotten today, Talmadge was a pioneering producer and director who stood as one of the most popular and powerful women in early Hollywood.
Known For
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Filmography
The Household Pest
Movie
Just Show Folks
Movie · as Rosa
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie · as Madame Du Barry
New York Nights
Movie · as Jill Deverne
Show People
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Woman Disputed
Movie · as Mary Ann Wagner
Camille
Movie · as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
The Dove
Movie · as Dolores
Kiki
Movie · as Kiki
The Lady
Movie · as Polly Pearl
Graustark
Movie · as Princess Yetive
Secrets
Movie · as Mary Carlton
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Movie · as Herself
The Only Woman
Movie · as Helen Brinsley
Within the Law
Movie · as Mary Turner
Ashes of Vengeance
Movie · as Yolande de Breux
The Song of Love
Movie · as Noorma-hal
The Voice from the Minaret
Movie · as Lady Adrienne Carlyle
The Lovely Hundred
Movie · as Herself
Smilin' Through
Movie · as Kathleen / Moonyeen
The Eternal Flame
Movie · as Duchesse de Langeais
Seeing Stars
Movie · as Self
The Wonderful Thing
Movie · as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
The Sign on the Door
Movie · as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
Love's Redemption
Movie · as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
The Passion Flower
Movie · as Acacia, The Passion Flower
A Daughter of Two Worlds
Movie · as Jennie Malone
Yes or No
Movie · as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
The Branded Woman
Movie · as Ruth Sawyer
She Loves and Lies
Movie · as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
The Woman Gives
Movie · as Inga Sonderson
The New Moon
Movie · as Princess Marie Pavlovna
The Heart of Wetona
Movie · as Wetona
The Probation Wife
Movie · as Josephine Mowbray
The Isle of Conquest
Movie · as Ethel Harmon
The Way of a Woman
Movie · as Nancy Lee
The Forbidden City
Movie · as San San / Toy
The Safety Curtain
Movie · as Puck
Her Only Way
Movie · as Lucille Westbrook
By Right of Purchase
Movie · as Margot Hughes
De Luxe Annie
Movie · as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
The Ghosts of Yesterday
Movie · as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
The Moth
Movie · as Lucy Gillam
Panthea
Movie · as Panthea Romoff
Poppy
Movie · as Poppy Destinn
The Law of Compensation
Movie · as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
The Secret of the Storm Country
Movie · as Tess Skinner
The Devil's Needle
Movie · as Renee Duprez
Going Straight
Movie · as Grace Remington
The Social Secretary
Movie · as Mayme
The Children in the House
Movie · as Cora
The Crown Prince's Double
Movie · as Shirley Rives
Martha's Vindication
Movie · as Martha
Fifty-Fifty
Movie · as Naomi Harmon
The Missing Links
Movie · as Myra Holburn
The Battle Cry of Peace
Movie · as Virginia Vandergriff
Captivating Mary Carstairs
Movie · as Mary Carstairs
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
Movie · as Mary
The Hero
Movie · as Maude
Iron and Steel
Movie
The Peacemaker
Movie
John Rance, Gentleman
Movie · as Lesbia Vane
Sawdust and Salome
Movie · as Mary - a Circus Rider
The Vavasour Ball
Movie · as The Dramatist's Wife
Vampire of the Desert
Movie · as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
A Lady and Her Maid
Movie · as Belinda
Getting Up a Practice
Movie
He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
Movie · as The Wife
Father's Hatband
Movie · as Doris Mason - the Daughter
Stenographer Troubles
Movie · as A Typist
Under the Daisies
Movie · as Viola Martin
Solitaires
Movie · as Julia
An Old Man's Love Story
Movie · as Ethel Marsham
Omens and Oracles
Movie · as Belinda
The Meeting of the Ways
Movie · as The Maid
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
Movie · as A Step-Daughter
Wanted... a Grandmother
Movie
Bobby's Father
Movie · as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
The First Violin
Movie
A Fortune in a Teacup
Movie · as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
Father's Hot Toddy
Movie · as First Daughter
The Higher Mercy
Movie · as Alice
Captain Barnacle's Waif
Movie
The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
Movie · as Lovesick Maiden
His Official Appointment
Movie · as The Secretary of State's Daughter
Fortunes of a Composer
Movie · as The Musician's Daughter
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Movie · as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
The Child Crusoes
Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
Love of Chrysanthemum
Movie
In Neighboring Kingdoms
Movie
A Dixie Mother
Movie