Norma Talmadge
May 26, 1894 (130 years old) in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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
- 2022 · Just Show Folks as Rosa
- 1942 · Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- 1930 · Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Madame Du Barry
- 1929 · New York Nights as Jill Deverne
- 1928 · Show People as Self (uncredited)
- 1928 · The Woman Disputed as Mary Ann Wagner
- 1927 · The Dove as Dolores
- 1927 · Camille as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
- 1926 · Kiki as Kiki
- 1925 · Graustark as Princess Yetive
- 1925 · The Lady as Polly Pearl
- 1924 · The Only Woman as Helen Brinsley
- 1924 · In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter as Herself
- 1924 · Secrets as Mary Carlton
- 1923 · The Song of Love as Noorma-hal
- 1923 · Ashes of Vengeance as Yolande de Breux
- 1923 · Within the Law as Mary Turner
- 1923 · The Voice from the Minaret as Lady Adrienne Carlyle
- 1922 · The Lovely Hundred as Herself
- 1922 · Seeing Stars as Self
- 1922 · The Eternal Flame as Duchesse de Langeais
- 1922 · Smilin' Through as Kathleen / Moonyeen
- 1921 · Love's Redemption as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
- 1921 · The Wonderful Thing as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
- 1921 · The Sign on the Door as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
- 1921 · The Passion Flower as Acacia, The Passion Flower
- 1920 · The Branded Woman as Ruth Sawyer
- 1920 · Yes or No as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
- 1920 · The Woman Gives as Inga Sonderson
- 1920 · A Daughter of Two Worlds as Jennie Malone
- 1920 · She Loves and Lies as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
- 1919 · The Isle of Conquest as Ethel Harmon
- 1919 · The Way of a Woman as Nancy Lee
- 1919 · The Probation Wife as Josephine Mowbray
- 1919 · The New Moon as Princess Marie Pavlovna
- 1919 · The Heart of Wetona as Wetona
- 1918 · The Forbidden City as San San / Toy
- 1918 · Her Only Way as Lucille Westbrook
- 1918 · The Safety Curtain as Puck
- 1918 · De Luxe Annie as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
- 1918 · By Right of Purchase as Margot Hughes
- 1918 · The Ghosts of Yesterday as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
- 1917 · The Secret of the Storm Country as Tess Skinner
- 1917 · The Moth as Lucy Gillam
- 1917 · Poppy as Poppy Destinn
- 1917 · The Law of Compensation as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
- 1917 · Panthea as Panthea Romoff
- 1916 · Fifty-Fifty as Naomi Harmon
- 1916 · The Social Secretary as Mayme
- 1916 · The Devil's Needle as Renee Duprez
- 1916 · Going Straight as Grace Remington
- 1916 · The Children in the House as Cora
- 1916 · Martha's Vindication as Martha
- 1916 · The Crown Prince's Double as Shirley Rives
- 1916 · The Missing Links as Myra Holburn
- 1915 · The Battle Cry of Peace as Virginia Vandergriff
- 1915 · Captivating Mary Carstairs as Mary Carstairs
- 1914 · The Peacemaker as
- 1914 · John Rance, Gentleman as Lesbia Vane
- 1914 · The Helpful (?) Sisterhood as Mary
- 1914 · The Hero as Maude
- 1914 · Iron and Steel as
- 1914 · Sawdust and Salome as Mary - a Circus Rider
- 1914 · The Vavasour Ball as The Dramatist's Wife
- 1913 · Father's Hatband as Doris Mason - the Daughter
- 1913 · Under the Daisies as Viola Martin
- 1913 · He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law as The Wife
- 1913 · An Old Man's Love Story as Ethel Marsham
- 1913 · Solitaires as Julia
- 1913 · A Lady and Her Maid as Belinda
- 1913 · Vampire of the Desert as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
- 1913 · Getting Up a Practice as
- 1913 · Stenographer Troubles as A Typist
- 1912 · His Official Appointment as The Secretary of State's Daughter
- 1912 · Father's Hot Toddy as First Daughter
- 1912 · Bobby's Father as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
- 1912 · Captain Barnacle's Waif as
- 1912 · A Fortune in a Teacup as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
- 1912 · The Higher Mercy as Alice
- 1912 · The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton as lovesick maiden
- 1912 · Wanted... a Grandmother as
- 1912 · The Troublesome Step-Daughters as A Step-Daughter
- 1912 · Fortunes of a Composer as The Musician's Daughter
- 1912 · Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
- 1912 · The First Violin as
- 1912 · The Meeting of the Ways as The Maid
- 1911 · The Child Crusoes as
- 1911 · A Tale of Two Cities as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
- 1910 · In Neighboring Kingdoms as
- 1910 · A Dixie Mother as
- 1910 · The Love of Chrysanthemum as