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