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Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.
Norma Talmadge was a silent film star who produced and acted in over 250 movies from 1910 to 1930. She was married three times and died of a stroke in 1957.
- January 1, 1
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- She Had The Worst Christmas. Born on May 2, 1894, Norma Talmadge had a rough start in life. While her mother, Peg Talmadge, was “a witty and indomitable woman,” her father, Fred Talmadge, usually had his head too deep into drink to notice much of what happened around him.
- She Had A Tiger Mom. Despite not growing up with much, Talmadge’s mother pushed her hard. When Talmadge was 14 years old, she told her mom about a classmate who modeled for illustrated song slides.
- She Got Lucky. The photographer Talmadge met initially rejected her. Talmadge didn’t quite have the looks they wanted, and they had a better model coming in the next day anyway—but then, Talmadge became the victim of a wild twist of fate.
- They Tried To Sneak In. Just a streetcar stop away from their home stood a studio called Vitagraph Studios in Flatbush, New York. Norma Talmadge and her mother decided that this studio was perfect for Talmadge’s start into movie stardom.
Norma Talmadge was a silent film star who made over 250 movies from 1910 to 1930. She was married three times, had a brief career in sound films, and died of a stroke in 1957.
- May 26, 1894
- December 24, 1957
More malignantly, Billy Wilder used Norma Talmadge as the obvious if unacknowledged source of Norma Desmond, the grotesque, predatory silent movie queen of his 1950 film “Sunset...
According to the 1900 and 1910 census, Norma Talmadge was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1894. The oldest of three daughters in a largely fatherless Brooklyn household, Norma broke into films at the Vitagraph Company studios in Flatbush, New York, in 1910, with no previous acting experience.
Dec 14, 2021 · But the then-20-year-old Talmadge would go on to have a very successful career, one that was made by studios and the press. From a life of virtual poverty, her star rose in Hollywood because of her ambition, good luck and a stage mother who also masterminded her career and that of her sisters, Natalie and Constance.
