Mabel Normand

Born: 1893-11-09 in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA

Died: 1930-02-23

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2020

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty as archive footage

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2015

Looking for Mabel Normand as Self (archive footage)

2009

The Parrott Chase as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)

1960

When Comedy Was King as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1955

All in Good Fun as Archive Footage

1949

Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)

1931

Stars of Yesterday as Self

1927

Should Men Walk Home? as The Girl Bandit
One Hour Married
Anything Once! as The Little Girl

1926

Raggedy Rose as Raggedy Rose
The Nickel-Hopper as Paddy

1923

The Extra Girl as Sue Graham
Suzanna as Suzanna

1922

Seeing Stars as Self
Head Over Heels as Tina
Oh, Mabel Behave as The Innkeeper's Daughter

1921

Molly O' as Molly O'Dair

1920

What Happened To Rosa as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
The Slim Princess as Kalora
Pinto as Pinto

1919

Sis Hopkins as Sis Hopkins
Jinx as The Jinx
The Pest as Jigs
Upstairs as Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree as Millie Martin

1918

Peck's Bad Girl as Minnie Penelope Peck
Back to the Woods as Stephanie Trent
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand as Italian Girl
The Venus Model as Kitty O'Brien
Mickey as Mickey
The Floor Below as Patricia O'Rourke
A Perfect 36 as Mabel
Joan of Plattsburg as Joan
Dodging a Million as Arabella Flynn

1916

Bright Lights as Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t as The Doctor's Wife
Fatty and Mabel Adrift as Mabel

1915

That Little Band Of Gold as Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco as Herself
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life as Mabel
Mabel’s Wilful Way as Mabel
Mabel Lost and Won as Mabel
Their Social Splash
My Valet as Mabel Stebbins
The Little Teacher as The Little Teacher
Wished on Mabel as Mabel
Stolen Magic as The Friend's Wife

1914

Caught in a Cabaret as Mabel
Won in a Closet as Mabel
Tillie's Punctured Romance as Mabel
Mabel's Strange Predicament as Mabel
Mabel's Married Life as Mabel
Mabel at the Wheel as Mabel
The Alarm
Mabel's Busy Day as Mabel
The Masquerader as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Hello, Mabel as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
Mabel’s Latest Prank as Mabel
A Film Johnnie as Mabel
Those Country Kids as Mabel
Her Friend the Bandit as Mabel
Fatty's Wine Party as The Girl
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
The Fatal Mallet as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Mabel's New Job as Mabel
Gentlemen of Nerve as Mabel
Getting Acquainted as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair as Mabel
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Mabel's Blunder as Mabel
His Trysting Places as Mabel, The Wife
Lovers' Post Office
Mabel’s Nerve as Mabel
Fatty's Wild Night
A Misplaced Foot as Mabel
Love and Gasoline
Mabel’s Bear Escape as Mabel
A Gambling Rube as Unconfimed role
Mack at It Again as Mabel
The Sea Nymphs as Mabel
A Missing Bride as Unconfirmed role

1913

Mabel's Dramatic Career as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Baby Day
A Noise from the Deep as Mabel
When Dreams Come True as The Peddler's Wife
Mabel's New Hero as Mabel
On His Wedding Day as Wedding Guest
Cohen Saves the Flag as Mabel
The Champion as Mabel
Just Brown’s Luck as Mrs. Brown
The Ragtime Band as Mabel
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes as Mabel
His Chum the Baron as Party Girl
Love Sickness at Sea as Mabel
Zuzu, the Band Leader as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
Near To Earth
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life as Mabel
The Doctored Affair as Tillie
The Battle of Who Run as Mack's Girl
For Lizzie's Sake as Lizzie
The Foreman of the Jury as Mabel
For the Love of Mabel as Mabel
Professor Bean's Removal as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
The Rube and the Baron as Mabel
At Twelve O’Clock as Mabel
The Riot as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
Bangville Police as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
A Strong Revenge as Mabel
Fatty's Flirtation as Mabel
Foiling Fickle Father as Mabel
Those Good Old Days as The Peasant Girl
A Muddy Romance as Mabel
Saving Mabel’s Dad as Mabel
Hide and Seek as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
How Hiram Won Out as Sallie
The Cure That Failed as Mabel
The Bowling Match as Mabel
The Speed Kings as Mabel
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade as The Woman
The Gypsy Queen as The Gypsy Queen
The Mistaken Masher as Mabel - George's Girl
The Waiters' Picnic as Mabel - the Cashier
Love and Pain as Mabel
Heinze’s Resurrection as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
The Gusher as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
The Fatal Taxicab as Mabel
A Double Wedding as Undetermined Role
The Telltale Light as Mabel
A Little Hero
The Hansom Driver as Mabel
Mabel’s Heroes as Mabel
Red Hot Romance as Señorita
A Tangled Affair as Mabel
The Speed Queen as Nellie
Hubby’s Job as Wifey
The Deacon Outwitted
Father’s Choice as Mabel
A Healthy Neighborhood
Love and Courage as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
Her New Beau as Mabel

1912

When Kings Were the Law as At Court (Uncredited)
Katchem Kate as Katchem Kate
A Voice from the Deep as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Mender of Nets as The Net Mender's rival
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit as The Heiress
Mr. Fixit as Mabel
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore as Undetermined Secondary Role
The Beating He Needed as Girl
A Dash Through the Clouds as Josephine
The Deacon's Troubles
Riley and Schultze
What the Doctor Ordered as Jenks' Daughter
Cohen Collects a Debt
Mabel’s Adventures as Mabel
He Must Have a Wife as The Girl
Helen's Marriage as Helen
The Eternal Mother as Mary, the Woman
Pat's Day Off as Bridget, His Wife
A Temperamental Husband as wife
The Brave Hunter as The Woman
The Fickle Spaniard as Marcelle
Mabel's Lovers as Mabel
Brown’s Séance as Mrs. Brown
Help! Help! as Mrs. Suburbanite
The Ambitious Butler
Tomboy Bessie as Tomboy Bessie
The Engagement Ring as Alice
At It Again as Mrs. Smith
Hot Stuff as Hank's Sweetheart
A Desperate Lover
A Spanish Dilemma as The Señorita
Drummer’s Vacation
The Flirting Husband as Mrs. Smith
The New Neighbor
Mabel's Stratagem as Mabel
Neighbors as First French Family, the Wife
An Interrupted Elopement as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
Pedro's Dilemma as Girl
The Fatal Chocolate as The City Girl
At Coney Island as The Girl
Oh, Those Eyes! as Gladys
The Furs as The Wife
The Rivals as Mabel
The Water Nymph as Diving Venus
The Duel as Mabel
A Family Mixup as A Wife
A Midnight Elopement as Sally Rice
The Tourists as Trixie - a Tourist
The New Baby as The Wife

1911

A Tale of Two Cities
Troublesome Secretaries as Betty Harding
His Mother as Donald's Fiancee
The Making of a Man as In Second Audience
The Revenue Man and His Girl
The Squaw's Love as Wild Flower
The Strategy of Ann
Why He Gave Up as The Wife
Betty Becomes a Maid as Betty
Dead Man’s Honor as Helen
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
The Inventor’s Secret
The Changing of Silas Warner as The Son's Wife
A Victim of Circumstance
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins as Mabel, Jack's Wife
The Diamond Star as Guest at Dinner Party
How Betty Won the School as Betty's Rival
Her Awakening as The Daughter
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower as Theresa Girhardi
The Baron as The Heiress
Through His Wife’s Picture as Wifey
Saved from Himself as The Stenographer
The Diving Girl as The Niece
Two Overcoats
Italian Blood
The Unveiling as The Showgirl