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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.673 |
| Birthday | 1894-05-26 |
| Place of Birth | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Norma Marie Talmadge, |
1928
Show People
7.1/48
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
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Show People
1922
The Lovely Hundred
10/1
Miss Norma and Miss Constance Talmadge among the girls one of whom they are to select as the New British Film Star.
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The Lovely Hundred
1927
Camille
1/1
Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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Camille
1913
Vampire of the Desert
0/0
Ishmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under the charms of Lispeth, a vampire. One day there passes...
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Vampire of the Desert
1927
The Dove
6.5/4
Norma Talmadge plays a Mexican saloon singer, known as 'The Dove.' She is romanced by a young caballero and menaced by a Villa-like brute of a dictato...
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The Dove
1916
The Devil's Needle
6.5/6
Renee is a French artist's model who uses morphine as an escape from the dull reality of her life. She recommends it to a neurotic artist because "it...
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The Devil's Needle
1929
New York Nights
4.8/5
Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being...
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New York Nights
1925
The Lady
5.5/5
A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has le...
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The Lady
1923
Within the Law
5.1/6
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always stayin...
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Within the Law
1924
Secrets
5.5/4
An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her...
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Secrets
1914
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
5/1
Mary is forced into shoplifting to keep up with her rich sorority sisters.
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The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
1916
Going Straight
6/12
A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and thr...
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Going Straight
1918
The Forbidden City
5.7/9
The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows u...
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The Forbidden City
1911
The Child Crusoes
0/0
Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a stowaw...
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The Child Crusoes
1912
The Meeting of the Ways
4/1
Tom and Dick are brothers and are being educated at the same college. Tom is a studious fellow and graduates with honors, while Dick is expelled from...
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The Meeting of the Ways
1912
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
4/1
A widower with four grown daughters remarries and brings his new wife home to meet them. The girls set out to make life as difficult as possible for t...
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The Troublesome Step-Daughters
1912
Wanted... a Grandmother
0/0
Kitty Mallory, the young actress, finds herself in straightened circumstances. Looking for the immediate dollar, she sees an "ad" in the newspaper, fo...
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Wanted... a Grandmother
1912
Bobby's Father
0/0
Dick Ramsay is a "cracksman" and burglar. His wife, Jane, is a good woman and tries to persuade her husband to give up his dishonest ways. They have o...
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Bobby's Father
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
5/2
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
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A Tale of Two Cities
1914
The Hero
0/0
Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not consider...
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The Hero
1912
The First Violin
0/0
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen s...
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The First Violin
1912
A Fortune in a Teacup
0/0
Tea is served during an afternoon visit of Sybil with her friend Mabel Brown. Sybil begs Mabel to tell her fortune from the tea leaves in her cup. Wal...
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A Fortune in a Teacup
1912
Father's Hot Toddy
0/0
Tired of living alone with his two motherless daughters. Jones decides to take unto himself a wife. She is a charming woman and his daughters readily...
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Father's Hot Toddy
1912
The Higher Mercy
0/0
No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the boat...
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The Higher Mercy
1913
A Lady and Her Maid
5.3/3
The photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the best one, she presents it to her favorite boarder, Bi...
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A Lady and Her Maid
1923
Ashes of Vengeance
5.7/3
This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involv...
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Ashes of Vengeance
1913
Getting Up a Practice
0/0
Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving, disti...
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Getting Up a Practice
1913
He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
0/0
That the way to a man's heart is by means of his appetite, is strikingly shown. Mother-in-law comes to visit the newly wedded couple and finds the you...
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He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
1914
Iron and Steel
0/0
Herr Ludwig Kronitz is a king in his own works and rules with a controlling hand. He is known as the "Man of Iron." He has made a fortune out of the m...
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Iron and Steel
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
0/0
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1926
Kiki
7/2
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she...
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Kiki
1912
Captain Barnacle's Waif
0/0
Tommy is bright and good-looking and he attracts the notice of a lady in a London slumming party. While she is talking to him, he steals her watch and...
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Captain Barnacle's Waif
1924
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
0/0
A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, but with...
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In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1928
The Woman Disputed
6.2/2
An adventuress in love with an Austrian agrees to become the mistress of a Russian officer in exchange for the release of Austrian hostages.
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The Woman Disputed
1919
The New Moon
0/0
When anarchist bombs disrupt the engagement ball of Princess Marie Pavlovna, her fiancé, Prince Michail Koloyar, helps her to escape in a carriage. Th...
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The New Moon
1918
The Safety Curtain
6/3
Puck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches fire. Puck is rescued by an army officer and her husband...
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The Safety Curtain
1922
Smilin' Through
6.2/2
The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woma...
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Smilin' Through
1920
A Daughter of Two Worlds
0/0
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A Daughter of Two Worlds
2022
Just Show Folks
0/0
A day in the life of a family of circus performers.
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Just Show Folks
1919
The Heart of Wetona
5/2
After the half-breed daughter of a Comanche chief falls for a young engineer who deserts her, she turns to a white Indian agent who marries her.
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The Heart of Wetona
1912
The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
6/1
An old doctor hires a young new doctor to join his practice, particularly to attract women for more business.
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The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
1915
The Battle Cry of Peace
0/0
Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the en...
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The Battle Cry of Peace
1913
Father's Hatband
5/1
A short comic film in which Sam and Doris use the hat of Doris’ father (a manager) to send letters to each other.
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Father's Hatband
1916
The Social Secretary
5.6/8
An attractive young girl struggles to hold a job as she deals with unwanted romantic advances from her boss.
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The Social Secretary
1913
Stenographer Troubles
6/2
A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
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Stenographer Troubles
1910
The Love of Chrysanthemum
4/1
A little tragedy of Japan wherein a tourist fails to realize that love is a sacred thing the world round.
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The Love of Chrysanthemum
1913
Under the Daisies
0/0
There are many things to admire besides settings and acting in the feature play "Under the Daisies," and perhaps the foremost is the affecting poem on...
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Under the Daisies
1912
His Official Appointment
5/1
This touching short film lasts only 10 minutes, 34 seconds, but is rather engaging. Charles Kent is an old man, who has spent all he owns on influenci...
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His Official Appointment
1912
Fortunes of a Composer
4/1
A drama about a poor composer who is betrayed by his family and left alone.
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Fortunes of a Composer
1912
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
5/2
Noah Clayton, an old coster, who has made a bit of money, lives with his daughter Liza. He is very cranky and very gouty. Henry Hawkins, a young coste...
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Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1913
Solitaires
0/0
Frank and Julia are very good friends, both being single, and live in adjoining apartments. Getting a letter from a friend who asks him to buy an enga...
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Solitaires
1916
The Children in the House
5.3/9
A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.
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The Children in the House
1913
An Old Man's Love Story
0/0
Ethel, whose financially distressed parents depend on her marrying into wealth, may be forced to abandon the man she loves for her father's rich frien...
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An Old Man's Love Story
1914
The Peacemaker
0/0
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The Peacemaker
1917
Panthea
0/0
A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
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Panthea
1917
The Law of Compensation
1/1
A 1917 film directed by Joseph A. Golden & Julius Steger
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The Law of Compensation
1917
Poppy
0/0
A 1917 film directed by Edward José
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Poppy
1917
The Moth
1/1
Spoiled young heiress Lucy Gillam knows only a life filled with parties and flirtations until she falls in love with a man who loves only her money. S...
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The Moth
1917
The Secret of the Storm Country
0/0
A 1917 film directed by Charles Miller.
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The Secret of the Storm Country
1918
The Ghosts of Yesterday
0/0
After his wife/model has died of starvation with her portrait unfinished, an impoverished artist meets another woman with a striking resemblance to he...
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The Ghosts of Yesterday
1918
By Right of Purchase
0/0
A 1918 film directed by Charles Miller.
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By Right of Purchase
1918
De Luxe Annie
0/0
A 1918 film directed by Roland West.
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De Luxe Annie
1918
Her Only Way
0/0
The Westbrook family has been ruined financially, and when the daughter Lucille comes home from boarding school, she finds herself in a terrible dilem...
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Her Only Way
1919
The Probation Wife
0/0
A 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
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The Probation Wife
1919
The Way of a Woman
0/0
A 1919 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
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The Way of a Woman
1919
The Isle of Conquest
0/0
A 1919 film directed by Edward José.
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The Isle of Conquest
1920
She Loves and Lies
0/0
When Marie Callender is left a fortune by a wealthy old admirer on the condition that she marry the man she loves, Marie targets Ernest Lismore but is...
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She Loves and Lies
1920
The Woman Gives
0/0
A 1920 film directed by Roy William Neill.
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The Woman Gives
1920
Yes or No
5.5/2
Two wives, one rich, one poor, each find themselves tempted by romantic seducers, and each faces the dilemma of remaining true to the husband who negl...
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Yes or No
1920
The Branded Woman
0/0
A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.
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The Branded Woman
1921
The Passion Flower
0/0
A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
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The Passion Flower
1921
The Sign on the Door
0/0
A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
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The Sign on the Door
1921
The Wonderful Thing
0/0
A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.
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The Wonderful Thing
1921
Love's Redemption
0/0
A 1921 film directed by Albert Parker.
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Love's Redemption
1922
The Eternal Flame
0/0
A 1922 film directed by Frank Lloyd.
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The Eternal Flame
1923
The Voice from the Minaret
0/0
Lord Carlyle governs a province in India. Although he weds the beautiful Adrienne, he can't make her love him. And no wonder -- he's not only cruel, h...
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The Voice from the Minaret
1923
The Song of Love
4.2/2
The Song of Love is a silent film of 1923 directed by Chester M. Franklin and Frances Marion. The film was produced and starred Norma Talmadge.
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The Song of Love
1924
The Only Woman
0/0
A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
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The Only Woman
1915
Captivating Mary Carstairs
0/0
A 1915 film directed by Bruce Mitchell.
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Captivating Mary Carstairs
1916
The Crown Prince's Double
0/0
A prince, aiming to avoid an unwanted marriage, hires an American as a double to evade his pursuing father.
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The Crown Prince's Double
1916
Fifty-Fifty
5/1
Naomi is a young aspiring artist known to her Bohemian friends as "The Nut." Naomi's alleged nuttiness does not in any way impede the efforts by wealt...
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Fifty-Fifty
1916
Martha's Vindication
0/0
A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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Martha's Vindication
1916
The Missing Links
0/0
A 1916 film directed by Lloyd Ingraham.
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The Missing Links
1914
John Rance, Gentleman
0/0
A young woman, Lesbia (Norma Talmadge), who has a summer flirtation with a young doctor named John Rance (Antonio Moreno). She then throws him over. L...
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John Rance, Gentleman
1930
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
5.5/6
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted...
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1925
Graustark
0/0
An American falls for the princess of the Kingdom of Graustark, and decides to her marriage to a dastardly prince.
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Graustark
1914
Sawdust and Salome
5/2
A rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a bareback rider from traveling circus. Bringing her ho...
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Sawdust and Salome
1910
In Neighboring Kingdoms
0/0
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In Neighboring Kingdoms
1910
A Dixie Mother
0/0
Set during and after the Civil War, a Southern mother deals with the loss of both of her sons as one dies and the other marries a Northern nurse.
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A Dixie Mother
1922
Seeing Stars
4.9/17
First National gala celebrity banquet with stars.
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Seeing Stars
1914
The Vavasour Ball
0/0
The dramatist’s wife pawns her necklace when her husband tells her he cannot afford to buy her a new gown for the Vavasour Ball. The pawnbroker's daug...
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