Norma Talmadge

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1894-05-26 (63 years old)

Deathday

1957-12-24

Place of Birth

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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 s...

Acting

1928

Show People

as Self (uncredited)

1922

1927

Camille

as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)

1913

Vampire of the Desert

as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée

1927

The Dove

as Dolores

1916

The Devil's Needle

as Renee Duprez

1929

New York Nights

as Jill Deverne

1925

The Lady

as Polly Pearl

1923

Within the Law

as Mary Turner

1924

Secrets

as Mary Carlton

1916

Going Straight

as Grace Remington

1918

The Forbidden City

as San San / Toy

1912

1912

Bobby's Father

as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother

1911

A Tale of Two Cities

as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine

1914

The Hero

as Maude

1912

A Fortune in a Teacup

as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister

1912

Father's Hot Toddy

as First Daughter

1912

1913

1923

Ashes of Vengeance

as Yolande de Breux

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1926

Kiki

as Kiki

1928

The Woman Disputed

as Mary Ann Wagner

1919

The New Moon

as Princess Marie Pavlovna

1922

Smilin' Through

as Kathleen / Moonyeen

1920

A Daughter of Two Worlds

as Jennie Malone

2022

1919

1912

1915

The Battle Cry of Peace

as Virginia Vandergriff

1913

Father's Hatband

as Doris Mason - the Daughter

1913

1913

Under the Daisies

as Viola Martin

1912

His Official Appointment

as The Secretary of State's Daughter

1912

Fortunes of a Composer

as The Musician's Daughter

1912

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

1913

Solitaires

as Julia

1913

An Old Man's Love Story

as Ethel Marsham

1917

The Moth

as Lucy Gillam

1917

Panthea

as Panthea Romoff

1918

Her Only Way

as Lucille Westbrook

1917

Poppy

as Poppy Destinn

1918

By Right of Purchase

as Margot Hughes

1918

De Luxe Annie

as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)

1917

The Law of Compensation

as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham

1918

The Ghosts of Yesterday

as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur

1919

The Probation Wife

as Josephine Mowbray

1919

The Isle of Conquest

as Ethel Harmon

1920

Yes or No

as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry

1920

The Branded Woman

as Ruth Sawyer

1920

She Loves and Lies

as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne

1920

The Woman Gives

as Inga Sonderson

1919

The Way of a Woman

as Nancy Lee

1924

The Only Woman

as Helen Brinsley

1921

The Wonderful Thing

as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs

1916

1921

The Sign on the Door

as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan

1921

Love's Redemption

as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)

1921

The Passion Flower

as Acacia, The Passion Flower

1923

The Song of Love

as Noorma-hal

1922

The Eternal Flame

as Duchesse de Langeais

1923

The Voice from the Minaret

as Lady Adrienne Carlyle

1915

1916

Fifty-Fifty

as Naomi Harmon

1916

The Missing Links

as Myra Holburn

1914

John Rance, Gentleman

as Lesbia Vane

1930

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

as Madame Du Barry

1925

Graustark

as Princess Yetive

1914

Sawdust and Salome

as Mary - a Circus Rider

1922

1914

The Vavasour Ball

as The Dramatist's Wife

1913

Production

1927

The Dove

as Producer

1926

Kiki

as Producer

1924

Secrets

as Producer

1923

Within the Law

as Producer

1925

The Lady

as Producer

1928

1917

Panthea

as Producer

1918

De Luxe Annie

as Producer

1919

1921

1919

1920

Yes or No

as Producer

1920

1923

1922

Smilin' Through

as Producer

1924

The Only Woman

as Producer

1921

1921

1921

1922

1923

The Song of Love

as Producer

1927

Camille

as Producer

1929

New York Nights

as Producer

1922

Seeing Stars

as Producer

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