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.
Show People
as Self (uncredited)Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great...
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The Woman Disputed
as Mary Ann WagnerAn adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...
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The Lady
as Polly PearlA young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been...
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Within the Law
as Mary TurnerWhen Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to...
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She Loves and Lies
as Marie Callender, aka Marie Max and June DayneWhen Marie Callender is left a fortune by a wealthy old admirer on the condition that she marry...
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The Forbidden City
as San San / ToyThe daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American....
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Seeing Stars
as SelfFirst National gala celebrity banquet with stars.
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Love's Redemption
as Jennie Dobson (aka Ginger)A 1921 film directed by Albert Parker.
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A Tale of Two Cities
as (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotineA condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and...
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The Battle Cry of Peace
as Virginia VandergriffEnemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American...
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Martha's Vindication
as MarthaA 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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Going Straight
as Grace RemingtonA man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable...
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The Children in the House
as CoraA woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.
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New York Nights
as Jill DeverneShow girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the...
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Smilin' Through
as Kathleen / MoonyeenThe story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role...
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Madame Du BarryJeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and...
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Kiki
as KikiKiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a...
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The Song of Love
as Noorma-halThe Song of Love is a silent film of 1923 directed by Chester M. Franklin and Frances Marion....
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The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
as MaryMary is forced into shoplifting to keep up with her rich sorority sisters.
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The Safety Curtain
as PuckPuck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches...
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The Missing Links
as Myra HolburnA 1916 film directed by Lloyd Ingraham.
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The Sign on the Door
as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' ReganA 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
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Camille
as Marguerite Gautier (Camille)Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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Secrets
as Mary CarltonAn old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England...
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Captivating Mary Carstairs
as Mary CarstairsA 1915 film directed by Bruce Mitchell.
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Panthea
as Panthea RomoffA woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
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The New Moon
as Princess Marie PavlovnaWhen anarchist bombs disrupt the engagement ball of Princess Marie Pavlovna, her fiancé, Prince...
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The Heart of Wetona
as WetonaAfter the half-breed daughter of a Comanche chief falls for a young engineer who deserts her,...
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Sawdust and Salome
as Mary - a Circus RiderA rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a...
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The Devil's Needle
as Renee DuprezRenee is a French artist's model who uses morphine as an escape from the dull reality of her...
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The Way of a Woman
as Nancy LeeA 1919 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
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Yes or No
as Margaret Vane / Minnie BerryTwo wives, one rich, one poor, each find themselves tempted by romantic seducers, and each faces...
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An Old Man's Love Story
as Ethel MarshamEthel, whose financially distressed parents depend on her marrying into wealth, may be forced to...
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The Law of Compensation
as Flora Graham / Ruth GrahamA 1917 film directed by Joseph A. Golden & Julius Steger
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The Isle of Conquest
as Ethel HarmonA 1919 film directed by Edward José.
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The Passion Flower
as Acacia, The Passion FlowerA 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
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The Social Secretary
as MaymeAn attractive young girl struggles to hold a job as she deals with unwanted romantic advances...
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Fortunes of a Composer
as The Musician's DaughterA drama about a poor composer who is betrayed by his family and left alone.
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De Luxe Annie
as Julie Kendal (De Luxe Annie II)A 1918 film directed by Roland West.
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The Branded Woman
as Ruth SawyerA 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.
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The Probation Wife
as Josephine MowbrayA 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
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The Woman Gives
as Inga SondersonA 1920 film directed by Roy William Neill.
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The Eternal Flame
as Duchesse de LangeaisA 1922 film directed by Frank Lloyd.
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Graustark
as Princess YetiveAn American falls for the princess of the Kingdom of Graustark, and decides to her marriage to a...
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Fifty-Fifty
as Naomi HarmonNaomi is a young aspiring artist known to her Bohemian friends as "The Nut." Naomi's alleged...
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The Meeting of the Ways
as The MaidTom and Dick are brothers and are being educated at the same college. Tom is a studious fellow...
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His Official Appointment
as The Secretary of State's DaughterThis touching short film lasts only 10 minutes, 34 seconds, but is rather engaging. Charles Kent...
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Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as Liza - Mrs. 'Enry 'AwkinsNoah Clayton, an old coster, who has made a bit of money, lives with his daughter Liza. He is...
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Ashes of Vengeance
as Yolande de BreuxThis historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film...
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A Lady and Her Maid
as BelindaThe photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the...
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John Rance, Gentleman
as Lesbia VaneA young woman, Lesbia (Norma Talmadge), who has a summer flirtation with a young doctor named...
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as Helen BrinsleyA 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
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The Moth
as Lucy GillamSpoiled young heiress Lucy Gillam knows only a life filled with parties and flirtations until...
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The Dove
as DoloresNorma Talmadge plays a Mexican saloon singer, known as 'The Dove.' She is romanced by a young...
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Stenographer Troubles
as A TypistA comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
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The Love of Chrysanthemum
as uncreditedA little tragedy of Japan wherein a tourist fails to realize that love is a sacred thing the...
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The Secret of the Storm Country
as Tess SkinnerA 1917 film directed by Charles Miller.
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Her Only Way
as Lucille WestbrookThe Westbrook family has been ruined financially, and when the daughter Lucille comes home from...
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The Ghosts of Yesterday
as Ruth Graham / Jeanne La FleurAfter his wife/model has died of starvation with her portrait unfinished, an impoverished artist...
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Father's Hatband
as Doris Mason - the DaughterA short comic film in which Sam and Doris use the hat of Doris’ father (a manager) to send...
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By Right of Purchase
as Margot HughesA 1918 film directed by Charles Miller.
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The Voice from the Minaret
as Lady Adrienne CarlyleLord Carlyle governs a province in India. Although he weds the beautiful Adrienne, he can't make...
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The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
as lovesick maidenAn old doctor hires a young new doctor to join his practice, particularly to attract women for...
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In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
as HerselfA sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from...
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The Wonderful Thing
as Jacqueline Laurentine BoggsA 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
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Vampire of the Desert
as Ethel - Derrick's FiancéeIshmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under...
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A Dixie Mother
as uncreditedSet during and after the Civil War, a Southern mother deals with the loss of both of her sons as...
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