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