Norma Talmadge

Born: 1894-05-26 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Died: 1957-12-24

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1929

New York Nights as Jill Deverne

1928

Show People as Self (uncredited)
The Woman Disputed as Mary Ann Wagner

1927

The Dove as Dolores
Camille as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)

1926

Kiki as Kiki

1925

The Lady as Polly Pearl
Graustark as Princess Yetive

1924

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter as Herself
Secrets as Mary Carlton
The Only Woman as Helen Brinsley

1923

The Song of Love as Noorma-hal
Within the Law as Mary Turner
The Voice from the Minaret as Lady Adrienne Carlyle
Ashes of Vengeance as Yolande de Breux

1922

Seeing Stars as Self
The Eternal Flame as Duchesse de Langeais
Smilin' Through as Kathleen / Moonyeen
The Lovely Hundred as Herself

1921

The Sign on the Door as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
Love's Redemption as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
The Passion Flower as Acacia, The Passion Flower
The Wonderful Thing as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs

1920

Yes or No as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
She Loves and Lies as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
A Daughter of Two Worlds as Jennie Malone
The Woman Gives as Inga Sonderson
The Branded Woman as Ruth Sawyer

1919

The Isle of Conquest as Ethel Harmon
The Heart of Wetona as Wetona
The Way of a Woman as Nancy Lee
The Probation Wife as Josephine Mowbray
The New Moon as Princess Marie Pavlovna

1918

The Ghosts of Yesterday as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
By Right of Purchase as Margot Hughes
The Forbidden City as San San / Toy
The Safety Curtain as Puck
Her Only Way as Lucille Westbrook
De Luxe Annie as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)

1917

The Law of Compensation as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
The Secret of the Storm Country as Tess Skinner
Panthea as Panthea Romoff
Poppy as Poppy Destinn
The Moth as Lucy Gillam

1916

The Devil's Needle as Renee Duprez
The Children in the House as Cora
Fifty-Fifty as Naomi Harmon
Martha's Vindication as Martha
The Social Secretary as Mayme
The Crown Prince's Double as Shirley Rives
Going Straight as Grace Remington
The Missing Links as Myra Holburn

1915

The Battle Cry of Peace as Virginia Vandergriff
Captivating Mary Carstairs as Mary Carstairs

1914

Sawdust and Salome as Mary - a Circus Rider
John Rance, Gentleman as Lesbia Vane
The Vavasour Ball as The Dramatist's Wife
Iron and Steel
The Hero as Maude
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood as Mary
The Peacemaker

1913

Vampire of the Desert as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
A Lady and Her Maid as Belinda
He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law as The Wife
Father's Hatband as Doris Mason - the Daughter
Getting Up a Practice
An Old Man's Love Story as Ethel Marsham
Stenographer Troubles as A Typist
Omens and Oracles as Belinda
Solitaires as Julia
Under the Daisies as Viola Martin

1912

The Meeting of the Ways as The Maid
The Troublesome Step-Daughters as A Step-Daughter
Fortunes of a Composer as The Musician's Daughter
Father's Hot Toddy as First Daughter
Captain Barnacle's Waif
The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton as Lovesick Maiden
The First Violin
A Fortune in a Teacup as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
His Official Appointment as The Secretary of State's Daughter
Bobby's Father as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
Wanted... a Grandmother
The Higher Mercy as Alice

1911

A Tale of Two Cities as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
The Child Crusoes