Norma Talmadge

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

132

Movies

Born: May 26, 1894 – December 24, 1957
From: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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.

Works

93 films

Show People

19287.2

The Lady

19255.8

Ashes of Vengeance

19236.0

Kiki

19267.8

The Battle Cry of Peace

1915

Seeing Stars

19224.9

The Wonderful Thing

19218.0

Yes or No

19206.7

Within the Law

19235.6

Panthea

1917

The Song of Love

19236.2

Martha's Vindication

1916

Bobby's Father

19129.0

Father's Hatband

19135.0

Love's Redemption

192110.0

Fifty-Fifty

19165.0

Fortunes of a Composer

19124.0

The Sign on the Door

19219.0

The Passion Flower

19219.0

The Woman Disputed

19287.1

His Official Appointment

19126.5

The Vavasour Ball

19147.0

Iron and Steel

19147.0

The Eternal Flame

192210.0

The Dove

19276.8

John Rance, Gentleman

1914

The Devil's Needle

19166.4

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

19125.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

19306.0

The Social Secretary

19165.6

The Probation Wife

19197.0

Sawdust and Salome

19142.3

In Neighboring Kingdoms

1910

By Right of Purchase

19189.0

Father's Hot Toddy

19129.0

The Branded Woman

19208.0

The Missing Links

1916

Smilin' Through

19226.5

The New Moon

19198.0

Wanted... a Grandmother

19127.0

The Only Woman

19248.0

The Moth

19171.0

Camille

19273.7

Captain Barnacle's Waif

19127.0

Just Show Folks

2022

The Woman Gives

19207.0

The Child Crusoes

1911

Graustark

19259.0

Captivating Mary Carstairs

1915

She Loves and Lies

19208.0

The Troublesome Step-Daughters

19124.0

He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law

19138.0

A Lady and Her Maid

19136.0

Going Straight

19166.0

The Forbidden City

19185.7

The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton

19127.5

The Secret of the Storm Country

1917

A Daughter of Two Worlds

19208.0

Poppy

1917

An Old Man's Love Story

1913

A Dixie Mother

1910

The Children in the House

19164.8

Stenographer Troubles

19137.3

A Tale of Two Cities

19115.0

Getting Up a Practice

19139.0

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

19249.0

Her Only Way

1918

The Voice from the Minaret

192310.0

The First Violin

1912

New York Nights

19295.5

The Heart of Wetona

19196.0

The Isle of Conquest

19199.0

Secrets

19246.0

De Luxe Annie

1918

The Higher Mercy

19127.0

The Peacemaker

1914

The Love of Chrysanthemum

19104.0

The Law of Compensation

19173.7

The Hero

19148.0

Vampire of the Desert

19139.0

The Way of a Woman

19198.0

The Meeting of the Ways

19124.0

The Crown Prince's Double

1916

The Ghosts of Yesterday

1918

The Helpful (?) Sisterhood

19145.0

The Safety Curtain

19186.8

The Household Pest

202610.0

Solitaires

1913

A Fortune in a Teacup

19128.0

Under the Daisies

1913

The Lovely Hundred

192210.0

Omens and Oracles

1913