- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1894
- Place of Birth
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- December 24, 1957
Norma Talmadge
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 …
Filmography
Just Show Folks
movieJust Show Folks
2022 · Rosa
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
movieDu Barry, Woman of Passion
1930 · Madame Du Barry
movieNew York Nights
1929 · Jill Deverne, Producer
movieShow People
1928 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Woman Disputed
1928 · Mary Ann Wagner, Producer
movieThe Dove
1927 · Dolores, Producer
movieCamille
1927 · Marguerite Gautier (Camille), Producer
movieKiki
1926 · Kiki, Producer
movieGraustark
1925 · Princess Yetive
movieThe Lady
1925 · Polly Pearl, Producer
movieThe Only Woman
1924 · Helen Brinsley, Producer
movieIn Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924 · Herself
movieSecrets
1924 · Mary Carlton, Producer
movieThe Song of Love
1923 · Noorma-hal, Producer
movieAshes of Vengeance
1923 · Yolande de Breux, Producer
movieWithin the Law
1923 · Mary Turner, Producer
movieThe Voice from the Minaret
1923 · Lady Adrienne Carlyle, Producer
The Lovely Hundred
movieThe Lovely Hundred
1922 · Herself
movieSeeing Stars
1922 · Self, Producer
movieThe Eternal Flame
1922 · Duchesse de Langeais, Producer
movieSmilin' Through
1922 · Kathleen / Moonyeen, Producer
movieLove's Redemption
1921 · Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger), Producer
movieThe Wonderful Thing
1921 · Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs, Producer
movieThe Sign on the Door
1921 · Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan, Producer
movieThe Passion Flower
1921 · Acacia, The Passion Flower, Producer
movieThe Branded Woman
1920 · Ruth Sawyer, Producer
movieYes or No
1920 · Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry, Producer
movieThe Woman Gives
1920 · Inga Sonderson
movieA Daughter of Two Worlds
1920 · Jennie Malone
movieShe Loves and Lies
1920 · Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
movieThe Isle of Conquest
1919 · Ethel Harmon, Producer
movieThe Way of a Woman
1919 · Nancy Lee
movieThe Probation Wife
1919 · Josephine Mowbray, Producer
movieThe New Moon
1919 · Princess Marie Pavlovna
movieThe Heart of Wetona
1919 · Wetona
movieThe Forbidden City
1918 · San San / Toy
movieHer Only Way
1918 · Lucille Westbrook
movieThe Safety Curtain
1918 · Puck
movieDe Luxe Annie
1918 · Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II), Producer
movieBy Right of Purchase
1918 · Margot Hughes
movieThe Ghosts of Yesterday
1918 · Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
movieThe Secret of the Storm Country
1917 · Tess Skinner
movieThe Moth
1917 · Lucy Gillam
moviePoppy
1917 · Poppy Destinn
movieThe Law of Compensation
1917 · Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
moviePanthea
1917 · Panthea Romoff, Producer
movieFifty-Fifty
1916 · Naomi Harmon
movieThe Social Secretary
1916 · Mayme
movieThe Devil's Needle
1916 · Renee Duprez
movieGoing Straight
1916 · Grace Remington
movieThe Children in the House
1916 · Cora
movieMartha's Vindication
1916 · Martha
movieThe Crown Prince's Double
1916 · Shirley Rives
movieThe Missing Links
1916 · Myra Holburn
movieThe Battle Cry of Peace
1915 · Virginia Vandergriff
movieCaptivating Mary Carstairs
1915 · Mary Carstairs
movieThe Peacemaker
1914
movieJohn Rance, Gentleman
1914 · Lesbia Vane
movieThe Helpful (?) Sisterhood
1914 · Mary
The Hero
movieThe Hero
1914 · Maude
movieIron and Steel
1914
movieSawdust and Salome
1914 · Mary - a Circus Rider
The Vavasour Ball
movieThe Vavasour Ball
1914 · The Dramatist's Wife
movieFather's Hatband
1913 · Doris Mason - the Daughter
Under the Daisies
movieUnder the Daisies
1913 · Viola Martin
He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
movieHe Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
1913 · The Wife
movieAn Old Man's Love Story
1913 · Ethel Marsham
Solitaires
movieSolitaires
1913 · Julia
movieA Lady and Her Maid
1913 · Belinda
movieVampire of the Desert
1913 · Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
Omens and Oracles
movieOmens and Oracles
1913 · Belinda
Getting Up a Practice
movieGetting Up a Practice
1913
Stenographer Troubles
movieStenographer Troubles
1913 · A Typist
movieHis Official Appointment
1912 · The Secretary of State's Daughter
Father's Hot Toddy
movieFather's Hot Toddy
1912 · First Daughter
Bobby's Father
movieBobby's Father
1912 · Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
Captain Barnacle's Waif
movieCaptain Barnacle's Waif
1912
A Fortune in a Teacup
movieA Fortune in a Teacup
1912 · Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
The Higher Mercy
movieThe Higher Mercy
1912 · Alice
movieThe Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
1912 · Lovesick Maiden
Wanted... a Grandmother
movieWanted... a Grandmother
1912
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
movieThe Troublesome Step-Daughters
1912 · A Step-Daughter
Fortunes of a Composer
movieFortunes of a Composer
1912 · The Musician's Daughter
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
movieMrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1912 · Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
movieThe First Violin
1912
The Meeting of the Ways
movieThe Meeting of the Ways
1912 · The Maid
The Child Crusoes
movieThe Child Crusoes
1911
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1911 · (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
In Neighboring Kingdoms
movieIn Neighboring Kingdoms
1910
A Dixie Mother
movieA Dixie Mother
1910
The Love of Chrysanthemum
movieThe Love of Chrysanthemum
1910
The Household Pest
movieThe Household Pest
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