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

Camille as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
The Dove as Dolores

1926

Kiki as Kiki

1925

The Lady as Polly Pearl
Graustark as Princess Yetive

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

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 Branded Woman as Ruth Sawyer
The Woman Gives as Inga Sonderson

1919

The Way of a Woman as Nancy Lee
The Isle of Conquest as Ethel Harmon
The Heart of Wetona as Wetona
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
Her Only Way as Lucille Westbrook
The Forbidden City as San San / Toy
The Safety Curtain as Puck
De Luxe Annie as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)

1917

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

1916

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

1915

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

1914

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

1913

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

1912

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

1911

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