Natalie Talmadge
Biography
Natalie Talmadge was the middle daughter of the original "stage mother", Margaret Talmadge (Peg). Her two sisters, Constance Talmadge (the comedienne) and Norma Talmadge (the tragedian) were also in the movies, and had their own production companies, bankrolled by Norma's husband in the 1920s, Joseph M. Schenck. Natalie married Buster Keaton in 1921. She only played one further role, "Virginia Canfield" in Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923). She had worked for Comique as a script girl/secretary for Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle in 1917, and traveled west with the troupe when Schenck found new premises for "Roscoe" in California. She spent a lot of time signing autographs on behalf of her popular sister, Constance. Anita Loos, author of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", wrote a book called "The Talmadge Girls", which is mainly about Constance and Norma; Loos based the philosophy of "Lorelei Lee" on the philosophy of Peg Talmadge ("Get the money, and then get comfortable"). Natalie ended her days after her divorce from Keaton in a house in Santa Monica, a confirmed alcoholic. Apart from "Our Hospitality", she appeared in supporting roles in several of her sister Norma's films (now believed to be lost).
Known For
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Our Hospitality
The Balloonatic
The Haunted House
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
The Love Expert
Yes or No
The Isle of Conquest
All Movies (11)
- A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride2026 · as Self (Archival)
- Our Hospitality1923 · as Virginia Canfield
- The Balloonatic1923 · as Woman on sidewalk
- The Passion Flower1921 · as Milagros
- The Haunted House1921 · as Fainting Female Bank Customer (uncredited)
- Yes or No1920 · as Emma Martin
- The Love Expert1920 · as Dorcas Winthrop
- The Isle of Conquest1919 · as Janis Harmon
- A Country Hero1917 · as Bit Part (uncredited)
- His Wedding Night1917 · as Pretty Lady in car (uncredited)
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916 · as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)