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Mabel Normand
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Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892– February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress, a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors. Onscreen she appeared in a dozen commercially successful films with Charles Chaplin and seventeen with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, occasionally writing and directing movies featuring Chaplin as her leading man as well as sometimes co-writing and co-directing with Chaplin in films in which they played the lead roles. At the height of her career in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Normand had her own movie studio and production company.
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Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892– February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress, a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors. Onscreen she appeared in a dozen commercially successful films with Charles Chaplin and seventeen with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, occasionally writing and directing movies featuring Chaplin as her leading man as well as sometimes co-writing and co-directing with Chaplin in films in which they played the lead roles. At the height of her career in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Normand had her own movie studio and production company. Throughout the 1920s her name was linked with widely publicized scandals including the 1922 murder of William Desmond Taylor and the 1924 shooting of Courtland S. Dines, who was shot by Normand's chauffeur with her pistol. She was not a suspect in either crime. Her film career declined, possibly due to both scandals and a recurrence of tuberculosis in 1923, which led to a decline in her health, retirement from films and her death in 1930 at age 37. Mabel Normand has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard. Her film Mabel's Blunder (1914) was added to the National Film Registry in December 2009. In June 2010, the New Zealand Film Archive reported the discovery of a print of Normand's film Won in a Closet (exhibited in New Zealand under its alternate title Won in a Cupboard), a short comedy previously believed lost. This film is a significant discovery, as Normand directed the movie and starred in the lead role, making it a showcase for her talents on both sides of the camera.
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Mabel Normand's Filmography
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Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
One Hour Married
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Girl Bandit
Anything Once!
as The Little Girl
The Nickel-Hopper
as Paddy
Raggedy Rose
as Raggedy Rose
The Extra Girl
as Sue Graham
Suzanna
as Suzanna
Seeing Stars
as Self
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
Head Over Heels
as Tina
Molly O'
as Molly O'Dair
What Happened To Rosa
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
The Slim Princess
as Kalora
Pinto
as Pinto
Jinx
as The Jinx
Upstairs
as Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree
as Millie Martin
The Pest
as Jigs
Sis Hopkins
as Sis Hopkins
A Perfect 36
as Mabel
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Italian Girl
Peck's Bad Girl
as Minnie Penelope Peck
Mickey
as Mickey
Back to the Woods
as Stephanie Trent
The Venus Model
as Kitty O'Brien
The Floor Below
as Patricia O'Rourke
Joan of Plattsburg
as Joan
Dodging a Million
as Arabella Flynn
Bright Lights
as Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor's Wife
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Mabel
Stolen Magic
as The Friend's Wife
My Valet
as Mabel Stebbins
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
Mabel Lost and Won
as Mabel
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Mabel
Their Social Splash
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
as Herself
Wished on Mabel
as Mabel
That Little Band Of Gold
as Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Mabel
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Mabel
Getting Acquainted
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
No Poster
The Sea Nymphs
as Mabel
No Poster
Fatty's Wine Party
as The Girl
His Trysting Places
as Mabel, The Wife
No Poster
Lovers' Post Office
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Mabel
Hello, Mabel
as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
Mabel's Blunder
as Mabel
No Poster
Mabel’s Latest Prank
as Mabel
The Masquerader
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
as Mabel
No Poster
Mabel's New Job
as Mabel
Mabel's Married Life
as Mabel
No Poster
A Missing Bride
as Unconfirmed role
No Poster
A Gambling Rube
as Unconfimed role
Mabel's Busy Day
as Mabel
Her Friend the Bandit
as Mabel
The Fatal Mallet
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
The Alarm
No Poster
Mabel’s Nerve
as Mabel
Caught in a Cabaret
as Mabel
No Poster
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Mabel at the Wheel
as Mabel
No Poster
Mack at It Again
as Mabel
A Film Johnnie
as Mabel
No Poster
Love and Gasoline
Mabel's Strange Predicament
as Mabel
No Poster
Mabel’s Bear Escape
as Mabel
Won in a Closet
as Mabel
No Poster
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
as Mabel
No Poster
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
No Poster
Fatty's Wild Night
No Poster
A Misplaced Foot
as Mabel
No Poster
The Champion
as Mabel
No Poster
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
No Poster
Fatty's Flirtation
as Mabel
The Gusher
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Cohen Saves the Flag
as Mabel
A Muddy Romance
as Mabel
No Poster
Love Sickness at Sea
as Mabel
The Speed Kings
as Mabel
No Poster
A Healthy Neighborhood
No Poster
The Bowling Match
as Mabel
No Poster
When Dreams Come True
as The Peddler's Wife
The Fatal Taxicab
as Mabel
The Gypsy Queen
as The Gypsy Queen
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Mabel's New Hero
as Mabel
No Poster
Baby Day
The Riot
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
No Poster
Professor Bean's Removal
as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
No Poster
Love and Courage
as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
A Noise from the Deep
as Mabel
No Poster
The Telltale Light
as Mabel
For the Love of Mabel
as Mabel
The Waiters' Picnic
as Mabel - the Cashier
No Poster
The Speed Queen
as Nellie
No Poster
The Hansom Driver
as Mabel
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
as Mabel
No Poster
The Foreman of the Jury
as Mabel
No Poster
Hubby’s Job
as Wifey
No Poster
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Mabel
A Little Hero
The Ragtime Band
as Mabel
No Poster
His Chum the Baron
as Party Girl
Bangville Police
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
No Poster
Father’s Choice
as Mabel
No Poster
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant Girl
Hide and Seek
as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
On His Wedding Day
as Wedding Guest
No Poster
Her New Beau
as Mabel
No Poster
At Twelve O’Clock
as Mabel
Near To Earth
No Poster
The Rube and the Baron
as Mabel
No Poster
Love and Pain
as Mabel
No Poster
Foiling Fickle Father
as Mabel
A Strong Revenge
as Mabel
No Poster
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
as The Woman
No Poster
The Doctored Affair
as Tillie
No Poster
Red Hot Romance
as Señorita
No Poster
A Tangled Affair
as Mabel
No Poster
Heinze’s Resurrection
as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
No Poster
Mabel’s Heroes
as Mabel
No Poster
The Battle of Who Run
as Mack's Girl
No Poster
Just Brown’s Luck
as Mrs. Brown
The Mistaken Masher
as Mabel - George's Girl
No Poster
The Deacon Outwitted
No Poster
For Lizzie's Sake
as Lizzie
No Poster
The Cure That Failed
as Mabel
No Poster
How Hiram Won Out
as Sallie
No Poster
Saving Mabel’s Dad
as Mabel
No Poster
A Double Wedding
as Undetermined Role
No Poster
The Duel
as Mabel
Mabel's Stratagem
as Mabel
No Poster
Drummer’s Vacation
Mabel’s Adventures
as Mabel
No Poster
A Family Mixup
as A Wife
No Poster
A Midnight Elopement
as Sally Rice
Pat's Day Off
as Bridget, His Wife
No Poster
Brown’s Séance
as Mrs. Brown
No Poster
A Desperate Lover
No Poster
Mr. Fixit
as Mabel
No Poster
The Rivals
as Mabel
No Poster
The Deacon's Troubles
No Poster
A Temperamental Husband
as wife
No Poster
At It Again
as Mrs. Smith
Mabel's Lovers
as Mabel
At Coney Island
as The Girl
No Poster
The Ambitious Butler
No Poster
The Flirting Husband
as Mrs. Smith
No Poster
The Beating He Needed
as Girl
No Poster
Pedro's Dilemma
as Girl
Riley and Schultze
The New Neighbor
Cohen Collects a Debt
The Water Nymph
as Diving Venus
No Poster
He Must Have a Wife
as The Girl
No Poster
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
as Undetermined Secondary Role
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
as The Heiress
An Interrupted Elopement
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks' Daughter
The Tourists
as Trixie - a Tourist
A Dash Through the Clouds
as Josephine
No Poster
The New Baby
as The Wife
Katchem Kate
as Katchem Kate
Neighbors
as First French Family, the Wife
Tomboy Bessie
as Tomboy Bessie
Helen's Marriage
as Helen
No Poster
When Kings Were the Law
as At Court (Uncredited)
The Furs
as The Wife
The Fickle Spaniard
as Marcelle
The Brave Hunter
as The Woman
Help! Help!
as Mrs. Suburbanite
Oh, Those Eyes!
as Gladys
No Poster
A Voice from the Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Hot Stuff
as Hank's Sweetheart
The Engagement Ring
as Alice
A Spanish Dilemma
as The Señorita
No Poster
The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Girl
The Mender of Nets
as The Net Mender's rival
The Eternal Mother
as Mary, the Woman
Saved from Himself
as The Stenographer
No Poster
Why He Gave Up
as The Wife
No Poster
A Victim of Circumstance
No Poster
The Inventor’s Secret
No Poster
Through His Wife’s Picture
as Wifey
No Poster
The Unveiling
as The Showgirl
No Poster
Italian Blood
The Making of a Man
as In Second Audience
Her Awakening
as The Daughter
The Revenue Man and His Girl
The Squaw's Love
as Wild Flower
The Baron
as The Heiress
No Poster
How Betty Won the School
as Betty's Rival
The Diving Girl
as The Niece
Troublesome Secretaries
as Betty Harding
No Poster
The Strategy of Ann
No Poster
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
No Poster
Two Overcoats
No Poster
The Changing of Silas Warner
as The Son's Wife
No Poster
Dead Man’s Honor
as Helen
No Poster
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
No Poster
His Mother
as Donald's Fiancee
No Poster
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
as Theresa Girhardi
Betty Becomes a Maid
as Betty
A Tale of Two Cities
No Poster
The Diamond Star
as Guest at Dinner Party
Wilful Peggy
as Maid
No Poster
Over the Garden Wall
