Mabel Normand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1893
- Died
- February 23, 1930 (aged 36)
- Birthplace
- New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
Biography
Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892– February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress, a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors. Onscreen she appeared in a dozen commercially successful films with Charles Chaplin and seventeen with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, occasionally writing and directing movies featuring Chaplin as her leading man as well as sometimes co-writing and co-directing with Chaplin in films in which they played the lead roles. At the height of her career in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Normand had her own movie studio and production company. Throughout the 1920s her name was linked with widely publicized scandals including the 1922 murder of William Desmond Taylor and the 1924 shooting of Courtland S. Dines, who was shot by Normand's chauffeur with her pistol. She was not a suspect in either crime. Her film career declined, possibly due to both scandals and a recurrence of tuberculosis in 1923, which led to a decline in her health, retirement from films and her death in 1930 at age 37. Mabel Normand has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard. Her film Mabel's Blunder (1914) was added to the National Film Registry in December 2009. In June 2010, the New Zealand Film Archive reported the discovery of a print of Normand's film Won in a Closet (exhibited in New Zealand under its alternate title Won in a Cupboard), a short comedy previously believed lost. This film is a significant discovery, as Normand directed the movie and starred in the lead role, making it a showcase for her talents on both sides of the camera.
Known For
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Filmography
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie · as archive footage
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
Movie · as (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
Movie · as Archive Footage
Down Memory Lane
Movie · as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie · as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Stars of Yesterday
Movie · as Self
Should Men Walk Home?
Movie · as The Girl Bandit
Anything Once!
Movie · as The Little Girl
One Hour Married
Movie
The Nickel-Hopper
Movie · as Paddy
Raggedy Rose
Movie · as Raggedy Rose
The Extra Girl
Movie · as Sue Graham
Suzanna
Movie · as Suzanna
Head Over Heels
Movie · as Tina
Seeing Stars
Movie · as Self
Oh, Mabel Behave
Movie · as The Innkeeper's Daughter
Molly O'
Movie · as Molly O'Dair
What Happened To Rosa
Movie · as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
Pinto
Movie · as Pinto
The Slim Princess
Movie · as Kalora
Sis Hopkins
Movie · as Sis Hopkins
Upstairs
Movie · as Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree
Movie · as Millie Martin
Jinx
Movie · as The Jinx
The Pest
Movie · as Jigs
Mickey
Movie · as Mickey
The Floor Below
Movie · as Patricia O'Rourke
Peck's Bad Girl
Movie · as Minnie Penelope Peck
A Perfect 36
Movie · as Mabel
The Venus Model
Movie · as Kitty O'Brien
Back to the Woods
Movie · as Stephanie Trent
Dodging a Million
Movie · as Arabella Flynn
Joan of Plattsburg
Movie · as Joan
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Movie · as Italian Girl
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Movie · as Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t
Movie · as The Doctor's Wife
Bright Lights
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Movie · as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel Lost and Won
Movie · as Mabel
Wished on Mabel
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Movie · as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
The Little Teacher
Movie · as The Little Teacher
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie · as Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Movie · as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Movie · as Herself
Their Social Splash
Movie
My Valet
Movie · as Mabel Stebbins
Stolen Magic
Movie · as The Friend's Wife
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Movie · as Mabel
The Fatal Mallet
Movie · as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Mabel
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie · as Mabel
Hello, Mabel
Movie · as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
A Film Johnnie
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel at the Wheel
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel's Married Life
Movie · as Mabel
Gentlemen of Nerve
Movie · as Mabel
His Trysting Places
Movie · as Mabel, The Wife
Getting Acquainted
Movie · as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
Her Friend the Bandit
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel's Blunder
Movie · as Mabel
Fatty's Wild Night
Movie
Won in a Closet
Movie · as Mabel
Those Country Kids
Movie · as Mabel
A Misplaced Foot
Movie · as Mabel
The Masquerader
Movie · as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Fatty's Wine Party
Movie · as The Girl
Mabel's New Job
Movie · as Mabel
The Sea Nymphs
Movie · as Mabel
Love and Gasoline
Movie
Lovers' Post Office
Movie
Mack at It Again
Movie · as Mabel
A Missing Bride
Movie · as Unconfirmed role
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Movie
Mabel’s Bear Escape
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel’s Latest Prank
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel’s Nerve
Movie · as Mabel
The Alarm
Movie
A Gambling Rube
Movie · as Unconfimed role
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
Movie
Near To Earth
Movie
Bangville Police
Movie · as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Movie · as Mabel
A Muddy Romance
Movie · as Mabel
Mabel's New Hero
Movie · as Mabel
Hide and Seek
Movie · as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
The Gusher
Movie · as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Cohen Saves the Flag
Movie · as Mabel
A Strong Revenge
Movie · as Mabel
The Waiters' Picnic
Movie · as Mabel - the Cashier
The Speed Kings
Movie · as Mabel
For the Love of Mabel
Movie · as Mabel
The Telltale Light
Movie · as Mabel
A Noise from the Deep
Movie · as Mabel
Love and Courage
Movie · as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
Professor Bean's Removal
Movie · as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
The Riot
Movie · as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Movie · as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
The Gypsy Queen
Movie · as The Gypsy Queen
The Fatal Taxicab
Movie · as Mabel
When Dreams Come True
Movie · as The Peddler's Wife
Fatty's Flirtation
Movie · as Mabel
On His Wedding Day
Movie · as Wedding Guest
The Ragtime Band
Movie · as Mabel
A Little Hero
Movie
A Healthy Neighborhood
Movie
A Double Wedding
Movie · as Undetermined Role
The Deacon Outwitted
Movie
For Lizzie's Sake
Movie · as Lizzie
Father’s Choice
Movie · as Mabel
The Foreman of the Jury
Movie · as Mabel
The Bowling Match
Movie · as Mabel
The Cure That Failed
Movie · as Mabel
The Hansom Driver
Movie · as Mabel
Heinze’s Resurrection
Movie · as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
Her New Beau
Movie · as Mabel
Hubby’s Job
Movie · as Wifey
Just Brown’s Luck
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
Love and Pain
Movie · as Mabel
Love Sickness at Sea
Movie · as Mabel
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
Movie · as The Woman
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Movie · as Mabel
Those Good Old Days
Movie · as The Peasant Girl
Baby Day
Movie
Foiling Fickle Father
Movie · as Mabel
The Battle of Who Run
Movie · as Mack's Girl
The Doctored Affair
Movie · as Tillie
Mabel’s Heroes
Movie · as Mabel
The Mistaken Masher
Movie · as Mabel - George's Girl
Red Hot Romance
Movie · as Señorita
The Rube and the Baron
Movie · as Mabel
Saving Mabel’s Dad
Movie · as Mabel
The Champion
Movie · as Mabel
His Chum the Baron
Movie · as Party Girl
How Hiram Won Out
Movie · as Sallie
The Speed Queen
Movie · as Nellie
A Tangled Affair
Movie · as Mabel
At Twelve O’Clock
Movie · as Mabel
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Movie · as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
Riley and Schultze
Movie
A Dash Through the Clouds
Movie · as Josephine
The Water Nymph
Movie · as Diving Venus
Neighbors
Movie · as First French Family, the Wife
The Fickle Spaniard
Movie · as Marcelle
The Engagement Ring
Movie · as Alice
Tomboy Bessie
Movie · as Tomboy Bessie
Oh, Those Eyes!
Movie · as Gladys
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Movie · as The Heiress
The Brave Hunter
Movie · as The Woman
A Spanish Dilemma
Movie · as The Señorita
What the Doctor Ordered
Movie · as Jenks' Daughter
Helen's Marriage
Movie · as Helen
The Mender of Nets
Movie · as The Net Mender's rival
Help! Help!
Movie · as Mrs. Suburbanite
An Interrupted Elopement
Movie · as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
Mabel's Stratagem
Movie · as Mabel
The Furs
Movie · as The Wife
Katchem Kate
Movie · as Katchem Kate
The Tourists
Movie · as Trixie - a Tourist
The Eternal Mother
Movie · as Mary, the Woman
A Voice from the Deep
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Cohen Collects a Debt
Movie
The New Neighbor
Movie
The Beating He Needed
Movie · as Girl
Pedro's Dilemma
Movie · as Girl
The Ambitious Butler
Movie
The Flirting Husband
Movie · as Mrs. Smith
At Coney Island
Movie · as The Girl
Mabel's Lovers
Movie · as Mabel
At It Again
Movie · as Mrs. Smith
The Deacon's Troubles
Movie
A Temperamental Husband
Movie · as wife
The Rivals
Movie · as Mabel
Mr. Fixit
Movie · as Mabel
A Desperate Lover
Movie
Pat's Day Off
Movie · as Bridget, His Wife
Mabel’s Adventures
Movie · as Mabel
Hot Stuff
Movie · as Hank's Sweetheart
Brown’s Séance
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
The Fatal Chocolate
Movie · as The City Girl
He Must Have a Wife
Movie · as The Girl
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role
The New Baby
Movie · as The Wife
When Kings Were the Law
Movie · as At Court (Uncredited)
Drummer’s Vacation
Movie
The Duel
Movie · as Mabel
A Family Mixup
Movie · as A Wife
A Midnight Elopement
Movie · as Sally Rice
Saved from Himself
Movie · as The Stenographer
The Baron
Movie · as The Heiress
The Squaw's Love
Movie · as Wild Flower
Troublesome Secretaries
Movie · as Betty Harding
The Revenue Man and His Girl
Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie
The Making of a Man
Movie · as In Second Audience
Her Awakening
Movie · as The Daughter
His Mother
Movie · as Donald's Fiancee
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
Movie · as Theresa Girhardi
How Betty Won the School
Movie · as Betty's Rival
The Strategy of Ann
Movie
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Movie · as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
Two Overcoats
Movie
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Movie · as Mabel, Jack's Wife
Betty Becomes a Maid
Movie · as Betty
Dead Man’s Honor
Movie · as Helen
The Diving Girl
Movie · as The Niece
Italian Blood
Movie
Through His Wife’s Picture
Movie · as Wifey
The Unveiling
Movie · as The Showgirl
A Victim of Circumstance
Movie
Why He Gave Up
Movie · as The Wife
The Diamond Star
Movie · as Guest at Dinner Party
The Inventor’s Secret
Movie
The Changing of Silas Warner
Movie · as The Son's Wife
Wilful Peggy
Movie · as Maid
The Indiscretions of Betty
Movie
Over the Garden Wall
Movie