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