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