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Norma Talmadge

Norma Talmadge

Acting1894Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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.

Acting History

Future
2022
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1930
Flame of the Flesh
as Madame Du Barry
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)
The Dove
Producer
Camille
Producer
1926
Kiki
as Kiki
Kiki
Producer
1925
The Lady
as Polly Pearl
Graustark
as Princess Yetive
The Lady
Producer
1924
The Only Woman
as Helen Brinsley
Secrets
as Mary Carlton
Secrets
Producer
1923
Within the Law
as Mary Turner
Ashes of Vengeance
as Yolande de Breux
The Song of Love
as Noorma-hal
The Voice from the Minaret
as Lady Adrienne Carlyle
1922
Smilin' Through
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
The Eternal Flame
as Duchesse de Langeais
Seeing Stars
Producer
1921
The Sign on the Door
as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
The Wonderful Thing
as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
The Passion Flower
as Acacia, The Passion Flower
Love's Redemption
as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
1920
The Woman Gives
as Inga Sonderson
A Daughter of Two Worlds
as Jennie Malone
Yes or No
as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
She Loves and Lies
as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
The Branded Woman
as Ruth Sawyer
Yes or No
Producer
1919
The Probation Wife
as Josephine Mowbray
The New Moon
as Princess Marie Pavlovna
The Way of a Woman
as Nancy Lee
The Isle of Conquest
as Ethel Harmon
1918
De Luxe Annie
as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
The Forbidden City
as San San / Toy
The Ghosts of Yesterday
as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
By Right of Purchase
as Margot Hughes
Her Only Way
as Lucille Westbrook
1917
Panthea
as Panthea Romoff
The Moth
as Lucy Gillam
The Law of Compensation
as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
Poppy
as Poppy Destinn
Panthea
Producer
1916
Going Straight
as Grace Remington
The Devil's Needle
as Renee Duprez
Fifty-Fifty
as Naomi Harmon
The Missing Links
as Myra Holburn
1915
The Battle Cry of Peace
as Virginia Vandergriff
1914
The Hero
as Maude
Sawdust and Salome
as Mary - a Circus Rider
John Rance, Gentleman
as Lesbia Vane
The Vavasour Ball
as The Dramatist's Wife
1913
An Old Man's Love Story
as Ethel Marsham
Father's Hatband
as Doris Mason - the Daughter
Under the Daisies
as Viola Martin
Solitaires
as Julia
Vampire of the Desert
as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
1912
His Official Appointment
as The Secretary of State's Daughter
Fortunes of a Composer
as The Musician's Daughter
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Bobby's Father
as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
Father's Hot Toddy
as First Daughter
A Fortune in a Teacup
as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
1910

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/26/1894
Day of Death
12/24/1957
Place of Birth
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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