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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 filmography. This Norma Talmadge filmography excludes numerous shorts from 1910 to 1915, starting with A Broken Spell. It is ordered in chronological order by release date, according to IMDb.
YearTitleRoleNotes1920Margaret Vane/Minnie BerryAlso producer1920Ruth SawyerAlso producer1921Acacia, The Passion FlowerAlso producer1921Ann Hunniwell/Mrs. 'Lafe' ReganAlso producerNorma 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.
- January 1, 1
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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 Boulevard.”
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.
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.
Jan 14, 2021 · One of the most successful and influential actresses of the Roaring Twenties, Norma Talmadge exploded onto the scene out of nowhere and took the world by storm. In her prime, she oozed glamor and was celebrated by her legions of fans for her warm and expressive acting. It’s surprising, then, that so little is known about her.
