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