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