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