Norma Talmadge

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.

Known For

Show People

Kiki

Smilin' Through

The Devil's Needle

The Dove

The Lady

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

The Forbidden City

All Movies (93)

• Just Show Folks2022 · as Rosa
• Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942 · as Self (archive footage)
• Du Barry, Woman of Passion1930 · as Madame Du Barry
• New York Nights1929 · as Jill Deverne
• Show People1928 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Woman Disputed1928 · as Mary Ann Wagner
• The Dove1927 · as Dolores
• Camille1927 · as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
• Kiki1926 · as Kiki
• Graustark1925 · as Princess Yetive
• The Lady1925 · as Polly Pearl
• The Only Woman1924 · as Helen Brinsley
• In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter1924 · as Herself
• Secrets1924 · as Mary Carlton
• The Song of Love1923 · as Noorma-hal
• Ashes of Vengeance1923 · as Yolande de Breux
• Within the Law1923 · as Mary Turner
• The Voice from the Minaret1923 · as Lady Adrienne Carlyle
• The Lovely Hundred1922 · as Herself
• Seeing Stars1922 · as Self
• The Eternal Flame1922 · as Duchesse de Langeais
• Smilin' Through1922 · as Kathleen / Moonyeen
• Love's Redemption1921 · as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
• The Wonderful Thing1921 · as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
• The Sign on the Door1921 · as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
• The Passion Flower1921 · as Acacia, The Passion Flower
• The Branded Woman1920 · as Ruth Sawyer
• Yes or No1920 · as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
• The Woman Gives1920 · as Inga Sonderson
• A Daughter of Two Worlds1920 · as Jennie Malone
• She Loves and Lies1920 · as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
• The Isle of Conquest1919 · as Ethel Harmon
• The Way of a Woman1919 · as Nancy Lee
• The Probation Wife1919 · as Josephine Mowbray
• The New Moon1919 · as Princess Marie Pavlovna
• The Heart of Wetona1919 · as Wetona
• The Forbidden City1918 · as San San / Toy
• Her Only Way1918 · as Lucille Westbrook
• The Safety Curtain1918 · as Puck
• De Luxe Annie1918 · as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
• By Right of Purchase1918 · as Margot Hughes
• The Ghosts of Yesterday1918 · as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
• The Secret of the Storm Country1917 · as Tess Skinner
• The Moth1917 · as Lucy Gillam
• Poppy1917 · as Poppy Destinn
• The Law of Compensation1917 · as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
• Panthea1917 · as Panthea Romoff
• Fifty-Fifty1916 · as Naomi Harmon
• The Social Secretary1916 · as Mayme
• The Devil's Needle1916 · as Renee Duprez
• Going Straight1916 · as Grace Remington
• The Children in the House1916 · as Cora
• Martha's Vindication1916 · as Martha
• The Crown Prince's Double1916 · as Shirley Rives
• The Missing Links1916 · as Myra Holburn
• The Battle Cry of Peace1915 · as Virginia Vandergriff
• Captivating Mary Carstairs1915 · as Mary Carstairs
• The Peacemaker1914
• John Rance, Gentleman1914 · as Lesbia Vane
• The Helpful (?) Sisterhood1914 · as Mary
• The Hero1914 · as Maude
• Iron and Steel1914
• Sawdust and Salome1914 · as Mary - a Circus Rider
• The Vavasour Ball1914 · as The Dramatist's Wife
• Father's Hatband1913 · as Doris Mason - the Daughter
• Under the Daisies1913 · as Viola Martin
• He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law1913 · as The Wife
• An Old Man's Love Story1913 · as Ethel Marsham
• Solitaires1913 · as Julia
• A Lady and Her Maid1913 · as Belinda
• Vampire of the Desert1913 · as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
• Omens and Oracles1913 · as Belinda
• Getting Up a Practice1913
• Stenographer Troubles1913 · as A Typist
• His Official Appointment1912 · as The Secretary of State's Daughter
• Father's Hot Toddy1912 · as First Daughter
• Bobby's Father1912 · as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
• Captain Barnacle's Waif1912
• A Fortune in a Teacup1912 · as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
• The Higher Mercy1912 · as Alice
• The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton1912 · as Lovesick Maiden
• Wanted... a Grandmother1912
• The Troublesome Step-Daughters1912 · as A Step-Daughter
• Fortunes of a Composer1912 · as The Musician's Daughter
• Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins1912 · as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
• The First Violin1912
• The Meeting of the Ways1912 · as The Maid
• The Child Crusoes1911
• A Tale of Two Cities1911 · as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
• In Neighboring Kingdoms1910
• A Dixie Mother1910
• The Love of Chrysanthemum1910
• The Household Pest—