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