Norma Talmadge
Acting • Born 1894-05-26 – Died 1957-12-24
Biography
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.
Filmography
93 credits
Show People
Movie • 1928
Self (uncredited)
The Lovely Hundred
Movie • 1922
Herself
Camille
Movie • 1927
Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
Vampire of the Desert
Movie • 1913
Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
The Dove
Movie • 1927
Dolores
The Devil's Needle
Movie • 1916
Renee Duprez
New York Nights
Movie • 1929
Jill Deverne
The Lady
Movie • 1925
Polly Pearl
Within the Law
Movie • 1923
Mary Turner
Secrets
Movie • 1924
Mary Carlton
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
Movie • 1914
Mary
Going Straight
Movie • 1916
Grace Remington
The Forbidden City
Movie • 1918
San San / Toy
The Child Crusoes
Movie • 1911
The Meeting of the Ways
Movie • 1912
The Maid
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
Movie • 1912
A Step-Daughter
Wanted... a Grandmother
Movie • 1912
Bobby's Father
Movie • 1912
Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1911
(Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
The Hero
Movie • 1914
Maude
The First Violin
Movie • 1912
A Fortune in a Teacup
Movie • 1912
Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
Father's Hot Toddy
Movie • 1912
First Daughter
The Higher Mercy
Movie • 1912
Alice
A Lady and Her Maid
Movie • 1913
Belinda
Ashes of Vengeance
Movie • 1923
Yolande de Breux
Getting Up a Practice
Movie • 1913
He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
Movie • 1913
The Wife
Iron and Steel
Movie • 1914
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
Kiki
Movie • 1926
Kiki
Captain Barnacle's Waif
Movie • 1912
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Movie • 1924
Herself
The Woman Disputed
Movie • 1928
Mary Ann Wagner
The New Moon
Movie • 1919
Princess Marie Pavlovna
The Safety Curtain
Movie • 1918
Puck
Smilin' Through
Movie • 1922
Kathleen / Moonyeen
A Daughter of Two Worlds
Movie • 1920
Jennie Malone
Just Show Folks
Movie • 2022
Rosa
The Heart of Wetona
Movie • 1919
Wetona
The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
Movie • 1912
Lovesick Maiden
The Battle Cry of Peace
Movie • 1915
Virginia Vandergriff
Father's Hatband
Movie • 1913
Doris Mason - the Daughter
The Social Secretary
Movie • 1916
Mayme
Stenographer Troubles
Movie • 1913
A Typist
The Love of Chrysanthemum
Movie • 1910
Under the Daisies
Movie • 1913
Viola Martin
His Official Appointment
Movie • 1912
The Secretary of State's Daughter
Fortunes of a Composer
Movie • 1912
The Musician's Daughter
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Movie • 1912
Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Solitaires
Movie • 1913
Julia
The Children in the House
Movie • 1916
Cora
An Old Man's Love Story
Movie • 1913
Ethel Marsham
The Peacemaker
Movie • 1914
The Moth
Movie • 1917
Lucy Gillam
Panthea
Movie • 1917
Panthea Romoff
Her Only Way
Movie • 1918
Lucille Westbrook
Poppy
Movie • 1917
Poppy Destinn
By Right of Purchase
Movie • 1918
Margot Hughes
De Luxe Annie
Movie • 1918
Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
The Law of Compensation
Movie • 1917
Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
The Ghosts of Yesterday
Movie • 1918
Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
The Secret of the Storm Country
Movie • 1917
Tess Skinner
The Probation Wife
Movie • 1919
Josephine Mowbray
The Isle of Conquest
Movie • 1919
Ethel Harmon
Yes or No
Movie • 1920
Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
The Branded Woman
Movie • 1920
Ruth Sawyer
She Loves and Lies
Movie • 1920
Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
The Woman Gives
Movie • 1920
Inga Sonderson
The Way of a Woman
Movie • 1919
Nancy Lee
The Only Woman
Movie • 1924
Helen Brinsley
The Wonderful Thing
Movie • 1921
Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
The Crown Prince's Double
Movie • 1916
Shirley Rives
The Sign on the Door
Movie • 1921
Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
Love's Redemption
Movie • 1921
Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
The Passion Flower
Movie • 1921
Acacia, The Passion Flower
The Song of Love
Movie • 1923
Noorma-hal
The Eternal Flame
Movie • 1922
Duchesse de Langeais
The Voice from the Minaret
Movie • 1923
Lady Adrienne Carlyle
Captivating Mary Carstairs
Movie • 1915
Mary Carstairs
Martha's Vindication
Movie • 1916
Martha
Fifty-Fifty
Movie • 1916
Naomi Harmon
The Missing Links
Movie • 1916
Myra Holburn
John Rance, Gentleman
Movie • 1914
Lesbia Vane
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Movie • 1930
Madame Du Barry
Graustark
Movie • 1925
Princess Yetive
Sawdust and Salome
Movie • 1914
Mary - a Circus Rider
In Neighboring Kingdoms
Movie • 1910
A Dixie Mother
Movie • 1910
Seeing Stars
Movie • 1922
Self
The Vavasour Ball
Movie • 1914
The Dramatist's Wife
Omens and Oracles
Movie • 1913
Belinda
The Household Pest
Movie