Mabel Normand
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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.
Known for
Credits
At Twelve O’Clock (1913)
as Mabel
The Alarm (1914)
Actor
Bright Lights (1916)
as Mabel
Hello, Mabel (1914)
as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
Troublesome Secretaries (1911)
as Betty Harding
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)
as (archive footage)
Baby Day (1913)
Actor
Mr. Fixit (1912)
as Mabel
His Mother (1911)
as Donald's Fiancee
Sis Hopkins (1919)
as Sis Hopkins
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
as Mabel
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katchem Kate (1912)
as Katchem Kate
Down Memory Lane (1949)
as (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Masquerader (1914)
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Riley and Schultze (1912)
Actor
The Parrott Chase (2009)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
as Mabel
Love and Pain (1913)
as Mabel
Foiling Fickle Father (1913)
as Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t (1916)
as The Doctor's Wife
The Brave Hunter (1912)
as The Woman
Mabel’s Latest Prank (1914)
as Mabel
Heinze’s Resurrection (1913)
as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
Peck's Bad Girl (1918)
as Minnie Penelope Peck
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as archive footage
Those Country Kids (1914)
as Mabel
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Dead Man’s Honor (1911)
as Helen
A Film Johnnie (1914)
as Mabel
Red Hot Romance (1913)
as Señorita
The Doctored Affair (1913)
as Tillie
The Changing of Silas Warner (1911)
as The Son's Wife
The Eternal Mother (1912)
as Mary, the Woman
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair (1914)
as Mabel
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
as Mabel
The Diamond Star (1911)
as Guest at Dinner Party
Helen's Marriage (1912)
as Helen
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
as Mabel
Getting Acquainted (1914)
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
Back to the Woods (1918)
as Stephanie Trent
A Glimpse of Los Angeles (1914)
Actor
A Dash Through the Clouds (1912)
as Josephine
Mabel's Lovers (1912)
as Mabel
The Ragtime Band (1913)
as Mabel
The Mistaken Masher (1913)
as Mabel - George's Girl
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
as Mabel
Over the Garden Wall (1910)
Actor
The Bowling Match (1913)
as Mabel
The Fickle Spaniard (1912)
as Marcelle
The Venus Model (1918)
as Kitty O'Brien
The Champion (1913)
as Mabel
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore (1912)
as Undetermined Secondary Role
His Trysting Places (1914)
as Mabel, The Wife
Mabel's Blunder (1914)
as Mabel
The Slim Princess (1920)
as Kalora
The Speed Kings (1913)
as Mabel
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913)
as Mabel
Fatty's Flirtation (1913)
as Mabel
Seeing Stars (1922)
as Self
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
as Mabel
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mabel’s Adventures (1912)
as Mabel
Betty Becomes a Maid (1911)
as Betty
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
as The Girl
Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
as The Girl Bandit
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
as Mabel
Lovers' Post Office (1914)
Actor
Mabel’s Nerve (1914)
as Mabel
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Hide and Seek (1913)
as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
Mickey (1918)
as Mickey
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
as Mabel
A Desperate Lover (1912)
Actor
A Voice from the Deep (1912)
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
A Spanish Dilemma (1912)
as The Señorita
Looking for Mabel Normand (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
A Muddy Romance (1913)
as Mabel
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
as Mabel - the Wife
Wished on Mabel (1915)
as Mabel
The Extra Girl (1923)
as Sue Graham
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
as Mabel
Bangville Police (1913)
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
On His Wedding Day (1913)
as Wedding Guest
Suzanna (1923)
as Suzanna
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
as Paddy
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
Actor
Where Hazel Met the Villain (1914)
Actor
Her New Beau (1913)
as Mabel
The Mender of Nets (1912)
as The Net Mender's rival
Oh, Those Eyes! (1912)
as Gladys
Mabel's New Hero (1913)
as Mabel
Saved from Himself (1911)
as The Stenographer
An Interrupted Elopement (1912)
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
The Little Teacher (1915)
as The Little Teacher
Her Friend the Bandit (1914)
as Mabel
The Rube and the Baron (1913)
as Mabel
Her Awakening (1911)
as The Daughter
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower (1911)
as Theresa Girhardi
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Jinx (1919)
as The Jinx
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Water Nymph (1912)
as Diving Venus
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
The Engagement Ring (1912)
as Alice
Molly O' (1921)
as Molly O'Dair
The Making of a Man (1911)
as In Second Audience
Wilful Peggy (1910)
as Maid
What the Doctor Ordered (1912)
as Jenks' Daughter
Mabel’s Bear Escape (1914)
as Mabel
Brown’s Séance (1912)
as Mrs. Brown
A Double Wedding (1913)
as Undetermined Role
Saving Mabel’s Dad (1913)
as Mabel
The Floor Below (1918)
as Patricia O'Rourke
A Temperamental Husband (1912)
as wife
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)
as Mabel
A Gambling Rube (1914)
as Unconfimed role
Anything Once! (1927)
as The Little Girl
A Missing Bride (1914)
as Unconfirmed role
All in Good Fun (1955)
as Archive Footage
The Battle of Who Run (1913)
as Mack's Girl
The Gusher (1913)
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
The Beating He Needed (1912)
as Girl
Head Over Heels (1922)
as Tina
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
as Mabel
A Victim of Circumstance (1911)
Actor
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit (1912)
as The Heiress
Their Social Splash (1915)
Actor
The Tourists (1912)
as Trixie - a Tourist
Won in a Closet (1914)
as Mabel
The Diving Girl (1911)
as The Niece
When Dreams Come True (1913)
as The Peddler's Wife
Indiscretions of Betty (1910)
Actor
Help! Help! (1912)
as Mrs. Suburbanite
The Deacon's Troubles (1912)
Actor
Professor Bean's Removal (1913)
as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
Mabel Lost and Won (1915)
as Mabel
Tomboy Bessie (1912)
as Tomboy Bessie
The Revenue Man and His Girl (1911)
Actor
One Hour Married (1927)
Actor
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand (1918)
as Italian Girl
Mabel's New Job (1914)
as Mabel
Cohen Saves the Flag (1913)
as Mabel
The Telltale Light (1913)
as Mabel
The Fatal Chocolate (1912)
as The City Girl
Zuzu, the Band Leader (1913)
as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
A Strong Revenge (1913)
as Mabel
The Ambitious Butler (1912)
Actor
For the Love of Mabel (1913)
as Mabel
How Betty Won the School (1911)
as Betty's Rival
What Happened To Rosa (1920)
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
The Baron (1911)
as The Heiress
The Waiters' Picnic (1913)
as Mabel - the Cashier
The Hansom Driver (1913)
as Mabel
A Healthy Neighborhood (1913)
Actor
Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915)
as Mabel
The Squaw's Love (1911)
as Wild Flower
Near To Earth (1913)
Actor
A Noise from the Deep (1913)
as Mabel
The Furs (1912)
as The Wife
Raggedy Rose (1926)
as Raggedy Rose
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)
as Herself
Joan of Plattsburg (1918)
as Joan
The Strategy of Ann (1911)
Actor
The Riot (1913)
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
Those Good Old Days (1913)
as The Peasant Girl
At Coney Island (1912)
as The Girl
The Deacon Outwitted (1913)
Actor
The New Neighbor (1912)
Actor
At It Again (1912)
as Mrs. Smith
Love and Gasoline (1914)
Actor
Neighbors (1912)
as First French Family, the Wife
When Kings Were the Law (1912)
as At Court (Uncredited)
Mack at It Again (1914)
as Mabel
The Fatal Taxicab (1913)
as Mabel
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade (1913)
as The Woman
The Gypsy Queen (1913)
as The Gypsy Queen
Mabel's Stratagem (1912)
as Mabel
A Perfect 36 (1918)
as Mabel
Father’s Choice (1913)
as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915)
as Mabel
Pinto (1920)
as Pinto
A Little Hero (1913)
Actor
He Must Have a Wife (1912)
as The Girl
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins (1911)
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
A Midnight Elopement (1912)
as Sally Rice
Love and Courage (1913)
as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
Why He Gave Up (1911)
as The Wife
The Pest (1919)
as Jigs
My Valet (1915)
as Mabel Stebbins
The Flirting Husband (1912)
as Mrs. Smith
Fatty's Wild Night (1914)
Actor
Upstairs (1919)
as Elsie MacFarland
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes (1913)
as Mabel
A Family Mixup (1912)
as A Wife
Hot Stuff (1912)
as Hank's Sweetheart
The Cure That Failed (1913)
as Mabel
Love Sickness at Sea (1913)
as Mabel
The Rivals (1912)
as Mabel
The Foreman of the Jury (1913)
as Mabel
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag (1911)
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
Just Brown’s Luck (1913)
as Mrs. Brown
Stars of Yesterday (1931)
as Self
A Misplaced Foot (1914)
as Mabel
For Lizzie's Sake (1913)
as Lizzie
Hubby’s Job (1913)
as Wifey
The Speed Queen (1913)
as Nellie
His Chum the Baron (1913)
as Party Girl
Pedro's Dilemma (1912)
as Girl
Italian Blood (1911)
Actor
Oh, Mabel Behave (1922)
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
How Hiram Won Out (1913)
as Sallie
The Duel (1912)
as Mabel
A Tangled Affair (1913)
as Mabel
Cohen Collects a Debt (1912)
Actor
Through His Wife’s Picture (1911)
as Wifey
When Doctors Disagree (1919)
as Millie Martin
The New Baby (1912)
as The Wife
The Unveiling (1911)
as The Showgirl
Drummer’s Vacation (1912)
Actor
Two Overcoats (1911)
Actor
The Inventor’s Secret (1911)
Actor
Dodging a Million (1918)
as Arabella Flynn
Mabel’s Heroes (1913)
as Mabel
Stolen Magic (1915)
as The Friend's Wife
Pat's Day Off (1912)
as Bridget, His Wife