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.
Acted in
Just Show Folks
2022
as Rosa
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as Madame Du Barry
New York Nights
1929
as Jill Deverne
Show People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
The Woman Disputed
1928
as Mary Ann Wagner
The Dove
1927
as Dolores
Camille
1927
as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
Kiki
1926
as Kiki
Graustark
1925
as Princess Yetive
The Lady
1925
as Polly Pearl
The Only Woman
1924
as Helen Brinsley
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924
as Herself
Secrets
1924
as Mary Carlton
The Song of Love
1923
as Noorma-hal
Ashes of Vengeance
1923
as Yolande de Breux
Within the Law
1923
as Mary Turner
The Voice from the Minaret
1923
as Lady Adrienne Carlyle
The Lovely Hundred
1922
as Herself
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
The Eternal Flame
1922
as Duchesse de Langeais
Smilin' Through
1922
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
Love's Redemption
1921
as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
The Wonderful Thing
1921
as Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
The Sign on the Door
1921
as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
The Passion Flower
1921
as Acacia, The Passion Flower
The Branded Woman
1920
as Ruth Sawyer
Yes or No
1920
as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
The Woman Gives
1920
as Inga Sonderson
A Daughter of Two Worlds
1920
as Jennie Malone
She Loves and Lies
1920
as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June Dayne
The Isle of Conquest
1919
as Ethel Harmon
The Way of a Woman
1919
as Nancy Lee
The Probation Wife
1919
as Josephine Mowbray
The New Moon
1919
as Princess Marie Pavlovna
The Heart of Wetona
1919
as Wetona
The Forbidden City
1918
as San San / Toy
Her Only Way
1918
as Lucille Westbrook
The Safety Curtain
1918
as Puck
De Luxe Annie
1918
as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)
By Right of Purchase
1918
as Margot Hughes
The Ghosts of Yesterday
1918
as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La Fleur
The Secret of the Storm Country
1917
as Tess Skinner
The Moth
1917
as Lucy Gillam
Poppy
1917
as Poppy Destinn
The Law of Compensation
1917
as Flora Graham / Ruth Graham
Panthea
1917
as Panthea Romoff
Fifty-Fifty
1916
as Naomi Harmon
The Social Secretary
1916
as Mayme
The Devil's Needle
1916
as Renee Duprez
Going Straight
1916
as Grace Remington
The Children in the House
1916
as Cora
Martha's Vindication
1916
as Martha
The Crown Prince's Double
1916
as Shirley Rives
The Missing Links
1916
as Myra Holburn
The Battle Cry of Peace
1915
as Virginia Vandergriff
Captivating Mary Carstairs
1915
as Mary Carstairs
The Peacemaker
1914
John Rance, Gentleman
1914
as Lesbia Vane
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
1914
as Mary
The Hero
1914
as Maude
Iron and Steel
1914
Sawdust and Salome
1914
as Mary - a Circus Rider
The Vavasour Ball
1914
Father's Hatband
1913
as Doris Mason - the Daughter
Under the Daisies
1913
as Viola Martin
He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
1913
as The Wife
An Old Man's Love Story
1913
as Ethel Marsham
Solitaires
1913
as Julia
A Lady and Her Maid
1913
as Belinda
Vampire of the Desert
1913
as Ethel - Derrick's Fiancée
Getting Up a Practice
1913
Stenographer Troubles
1913
as A Typist
His Official Appointment
1912
as The Secretary of State's Daughter
Father's Hot Toddy
1912
as First Daughter
Bobby's Father
1912
as Jane Ramsay - Bobby's Mother
Captain Barnacle's Waif
1912
A Fortune in a Teacup
1912
as Mabel Brown - Walter's Sister
The Higher Mercy
1912
as Alice
The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
1912
as lovesick maiden
Wanted... a Grandmother
1912
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
1912
as A Step-Daughter
Fortunes of a Composer
1912
as The Musician's Daughter
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1912
as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
The First Violin
1912
The Meeting of the Ways
1912
as The Maid
The Child Crusoes
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
In Neighboring Kingdoms
1910
A Dixie Mother
1910
The Love of Chrysanthemum
1910