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  1. Norma Marie Talmadge [1] (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.

  2. Norma Talmadge. Actress: Camille. Norma Talmadge was born on May 26, 1895, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The daughter of an unemployed alcoholic and his wife, Norma did not have the idyllic childhood that most of us yearn for.

  3. Norma Talmadge. Actress: Camille. Norma Talmadge was born on May 26, 1895, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The daughter of an unemployed alcoholic and his wife, Norma did not have the idyllic childhood that most of us yearn for.

  4. Mar 11, 2010 · 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 filmSunset...

  5. The Talmadge sisters were two of the most beloved stars of the silent era. At first glance, they could hardly seem more different. Norma was a slight, soulful-eyed brunette beauty adept at “emotional” roles while Constance was a tall, gawky blond, not particularly pretty but with a face full of mischief.

  6. Norma Talmadge was one of the greatest stars of the silent era. She began her film work as a teenager in 1910 at the Vitagraph Studios in Flatbush, just a streetcar ride from her home.

  7. 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.

  8. May 9, 2021 · Talmadge was one of the most elegant and glamorous film stars of the Roaring20s. However, by the end of the silent film era, her popularity with audiences had waned. After her two talkies proved disappointing at the box office, she retired a very wealthy woman.

  9. Miss Talmadge began her screen career at the age of 14 and her dark, dramatic beauty became a symbol of the silent motion-picture era. She made more than...

  10. 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.