Norma Talmadge
Acting
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.
Filmography 93
Movies (93)
- Just Show Folks2022Rosa
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942Self (archive footage)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion1930Madame Du Barry
New York Nights1929Jill Deverne
Show People1928Self (uncredited)
The Woman Disputed1928Mary Ann Wagner
The Dove1927Dolores
Camille1927Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
Kiki1926Kiki
Graustark1925Princess Yetive
The Lady1925Polly Pearl
The Only Woman1924Helen Brinsley
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter1924Herself
Secrets1924Mary Carlton
The Song of Love1923Noorma-hal
Ashes of Vengeance1923Yolande de Breux
Within the Law1923Mary Turner
The Voice from the Minaret1923Lady Adrienne Carlyle- The Lovely Hundred1922Herself
Seeing Stars1922Self
The Eternal Flame1922Duchesse de Langeais
Smilin' Through1922Kathleen / Moonyeen
Love's Redemption1921Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)
The Wonderful Thing1921Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs
The Sign on the Door1921Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
The Passion Flower1921Acacia, The Passion Flower
The Branded Woman1920Ruth Sawyer
Yes or No1920Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
The Woman Gives1920Inga Sonderson
A Daughter of Two Worlds1920Jennie Malone