Known For
Acting
Born
May 26, 1894
Died
Dec 24, 1957
Place of Birth
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Credits
93 titles
Norma Talmadge
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.
Known For
Filmography
Just Show Folks
Rosa
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Madame Du Barry
New York Nights
Jill Deverne
Show People
Self (uncredited)
The Woman Disputed
Mary Ann Wagner
The Dove
Dolores
Camille
Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
Kiki
Kiki
Graustark
Princess Yetive
The Lady
Polly Pearl
The Only Woman
Helen Brinsley
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Herself
Secrets
Mary Carlton
The Song of Love
Noorma-hal
Ashes of Vengeance
Yolande de Breux
Within the Law
Mary Turner
The Voice from the Minaret
Lady Adrienne Carlyle
The Lovely Hundred
Herself
Seeing Stars
Self
The Eternal Flame
Duchesse de Langeais
Smilin' Through
Kathleen / Moonyeen
Love's Redemption
Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
The Wonderful Thing
Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
The Sign on the Door
Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
The Passion Flower
Acacia, The Passion Flower
The Branded Woman
Ruth Sawyer
Yes or No
Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
The Woman Gives
Inga Sonderson
A Daughter of Two Worlds
Jennie Malone
She Loves and Lies
Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
The Isle of Conquest
Ethel Harmon
The Way of a Woman
Nancy Lee
The Probation Wife
Josephine Mowbray
The New Moon
Princess Marie Pavlovna
The Heart of Wetona
Wetona
The Forbidden City
San San / Toy
Her Only Way
Lucille Westbrook
The Safety Curtain
Puck
De Luxe Annie
Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
By Right of Purchase
Margot Hughes
The Ghosts of Yesterday
Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
The Secret of the Storm Country
Tess Skinner
The Moth
Lucy Gillam
Poppy
Poppy Destinn
The Law of Compensation
Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
Panthea
Panthea Romoff
Fifty-Fifty
Naomi Harmon
The Social Secretary
Mayme
The Devil's Needle
Renee Duprez