Norma Talmadge
Known for Acting
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
Show People
1928
as Self (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine
Graustark
1925
as Princess Yetive
Kiki
1926
as Kiki
Camille
1927
as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)
The Eternal Flame
1922
as Duchesse de Langeais
The Lady
1925
as Polly Pearl
Yes or No
1920
as Margaret Vane / Minnie Berry
The Dove
1927
as Dolores
The Heart of Wetona
1919
as Wetona
Panthea
1917
as Panthea Romoff
Smilin' Through
1922
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
New York Nights
1929
as Jill Deverne
Within the Law
1923
as Mary Turner
Ashes of Vengeance
1923
as Yolande de Breux
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as Madame Du Barry
Secrets
1924
as Mary Carlton
The Only Woman
1924
as Helen Brinsley
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924
as Herself
Stenographer Troubles
1913
as A Typist