Mabel Normand
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.
Known for
The Masquerader
Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
The Rivals
Mabel
Tomboy Bessie
Tomboy Bessie
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel
Through His Wife’s Picture
Wifey
Suzanna
Suzanna
Italian Blood
The Baron
The Heiress
Neighbors
First French Family, the Wife
The Tourists
Trixie - a Tourist
Katchem Kate
Katchem Kate
The Bowling Match
Mabel
The Diving Girl
The Niece
Seeing Stars
Self
The Ragtime Band
Mabel
Mr. Fixit
Mabel
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
Pinto
Pinto
The Mistaken Masher
Mabel - George's Girl
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mabel
One Hour Married
Riley and Schultze
Fatty's Wild Night
Hot Stuff
Hank's Sweetheart
Jinx
The Jinx
The Slim Princess
Kalora
The Brave Hunter
The Woman
Hide and Seek
Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
Mabel's Lovers
Mabel
Caught in a Cabaret
Mabel
A Desperate Lover
The Doctored Affair
Tillie
Heinze’s Resurrection
Uncredited / Unconfirmed
Mabel's Blunder
Mabel
Mabel’s Adventures
Mabel
A Gambling Rube
Unconfimed role
The Furs
The Wife
The Fickle Spaniard
Marcelle
Helen's Marriage
Helen
Mabel’s Latest Prank
Mabel
His Trysting Places
Mabel, The Wife
Her Friend the Bandit
Mabel
Fatty's Flirtation
Mabel
Sis Hopkins
Sis Hopkins
Red Hot Romance
Señorita
Wilful Peggy
Maid
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
Those Country Kids
Mabel
A Spanish Dilemma
The Señorita
His Chum the Baron
Party Girl
The Extra Girl
Sue Graham
Upstairs
Elsie MacFarland
Troublesome Secretaries
Betty Harding
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
A Double Wedding
Undetermined Role
Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Hello, Mabel
Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
Peck's Bad Girl
Minnie Penelope Peck
Oh, Those Eyes!
Gladys
Mabel’s Heroes
Mabel
Mack at It Again
Mabel
His Mother
Donald's Fiancee
The Alarm
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Her New Beau
Mabel
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Bright Lights
Mabel
The Eternal Mother
Mary, the Woman
The Champion
Mabel
Pedro's Dilemma
Girl
A Film Johnnie
Mabel
Baby Day
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Mabel
Cohen Saves the Flag
Mabel
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Over the Garden Wall
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
Theresa Girhardi
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Undetermined Secondary Role
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
The Engagement Ring
Alice
Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel
The Nickel-Hopper
Paddy
Fatty's Wine Party
The Girl
The Waiters' Picnic
Mabel - the Cashier
When Dreams Come True
The Peddler's Wife
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Lovers' Post Office
Brown’s Séance
Mrs. Brown
The Gusher
Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Bangville Police
Della, the Farmer's Daughter
The Diamond Star
Guest at Dinner Party
That Little Band Of Gold
Mabel - the Wife
A Strong Revenge
Mabel
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel
Stolen Magic
The Friend's Wife
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Miss Prue, the Stenographer
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
Foiling Fickle Father
Mabel
The Fatal Mallet
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
A Dash Through the Clouds
Josephine
Getting Acquainted
Ambrose's Wife Mabel
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Mabel
Love and Pain
Mabel
Mabel Lost and Won
Mabel
The Making of a Man
In Second Audience
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Mabel
The Riot
Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)
A Muddy Romance
Mabel
At Coney Island
The Girl
Wished on Mabel
Mabel
He Must Have a Wife
The Girl
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Mabel
Mabel’s Nerve
Mabel
What Happened To Rosa
Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
A Noise from the Deep
Mabel
Near To Earth
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Mabel
Stars of Yesterday
Self
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Italian Girl
Mickey
Mickey
For Lizzie's Sake
Lizzie
The Speed Kings
Mabel
Head Over Heels
Tina
Dead Man’s Honor
Helen
How Betty Won the School
Betty's Rival
A Victim of Circumstance
A Tale of Two Cities
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel
The Squaw's Love
Wild Flower
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
Anything Once!
The Little Girl
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Mabel - Fatty's Wife
The Battle of Who Run
Mack's Girl
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Mabel
Their Social Splash
Two Overcoats
Should Men Walk Home?
The Girl Bandit
The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Molly O'
Molly O'Dair
Betty Becomes a Maid
Betty
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
Indiscretions of Betty
The Water Nymph
Diving Venus
On His Wedding Day
Wedding Guest
The Venus Model
Kitty O'Brien
The Pest
Jigs
Why He Gave Up
The Wife
For the Love of Mabel
Mabel
Oh, Mabel Behave
The Innkeeper's Daughter
A Voice from the Deep
Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
When Doctors Disagree
Millie Martin
Mabel's New Hero
Mabel
Saved from Himself
The Stenographer
Back to the Woods
Stephanie Trent
The Gypsy Queen
The Gypsy Queen
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Mabel
The Inventor’s Secret
When Kings Were the Law
At Court (Uncredited)
The Ambitious Butler
Mabel's New Job
Mabel
The Cure That Failed
Mabel
The Deacon's Troubles
Hubby’s Job
Wifey
What the Doctor Ordered
Jenks' Daughter
A Midnight Elopement
Sally Rice
Her Awakening
The Daughter
Won in a Closet
Mabel
The Unveiling
The Showgirl
The Mender of Nets
The Net Mender's rival
Love and Gasoline
Joan of Plattsburg
Joan
The Strategy of Ann
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
The New Baby
The Wife
Cohen Collects a Debt
Just Brown’s Luck
Mrs. Brown
The Revenue Man and His Girl
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor's Wife
Love Sickness at Sea
Mabel
The Deacon Outwitted
The Sea Nymphs
Mabel
Help! Help!
Mrs. Suburbanite
The Speed Queen
Nellie
The Flirting Husband
Mrs. Smith
A Missing Bride
Unconfirmed role
The Foreman of the Jury
Mabel
The Beating He Needed
Girl
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Herself
Those Good Old Days
The Peasant Girl
An Interrupted Elopement
Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
A Perfect 36
Mabel
The Floor Below
Patricia O'Rourke
A Little Hero
Father’s Choice
Mabel
My Valet
Mabel Stebbins
A Tangled Affair
Mabel
A Misplaced Foot
Mabel
At It Again
Mrs. Smith
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
The Woman
How Hiram Won Out
Sallie
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
A Temperamental Husband
wife
Love and Courage
The Country Boy's Sweetheart
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Mabel
A Family Mixup
A Wife
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
The Heiress
Mabel’s Bear Escape
Mabel
The New Neighbor
The Telltale Light
Mabel
The Duel
Mabel
Professor Bean's Removal
Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
Dodging a Million
Arabella Flynn
The Rube and the Baron
Mabel
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Mabel, Jack's Wife
The Hansom Driver
Mabel
At Twelve O’Clock
Mabel
Pat's Day Off
Bridget, His Wife
Mabel's Stratagem
Mabel
Drummer’s Vacation
The Fatal Chocolate
The City Girl
The Changing of Silas Warner
The Son's Wife
A Healthy Neighborhood
Saving Mabel’s Dad
Mabel