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