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Mabel Normand

Acting

0.5 Popularity Nov 09, 1893 (36 years old) New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA

Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892– February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress, a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors. Onscreen she appeared in a dozen commercially succ...

Biography

Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892– February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress, a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors. Onscreen she appeared in a dozen commercially successful films with Charles Chaplin and seventeen with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, occasionally writing and directing movies featuring Chaplin as her leading man as well as sometimes co-writing and co-directing with Chaplin in films in which they played the lead roles. At the height of her career in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Normand had her own movie studio and production company.

Throughout the 1920s her name was linked with widely publicized scandals including the 1922 murder of William Desmond Taylor and the 1924 shooting of Courtland S. Dines, who was shot by Normand's chauffeur with her pistol. She was not a suspect in either crime. Her film career declined, possibly due to both scandals and a recurrence of tuberculosis in 1923, which led to a decline in her health, retirement from films and her death in 1930 at age 37.

Mabel Normand has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard.

Her film Mabel's Blunder (1914) was added to the National Film Registry in December 2009.

In June 2010, the New Zealand Film Archive reported the discovery of a print of Normand's film Won in a Closet (exhibited in New Zealand under its alternate title Won in a Cupboard), a short comedy previously believed lost. This film is a significant discovery, as Normand directed the movie and starred in the lead role, making it a showcase for her talents on both sides of the camera.

Filmography 249

2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Looking for Mabel Normand Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2007
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1992
The Chaplin Puzzle Movie

as (archive footage)

1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1960
When Comedy Was King Movie

as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)

1955
All in Good Fun Movie

as Archive Footage

1949
Down Memory Lane Movie

as (archive footage)

1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments Movie

as (archive footage)

1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1931
Stars of Yesterday Movie

as Self

1927
Should Men Walk Home? Movie

as The Girl Bandit

1927
Anything Once! Movie

as The Little Girl

1926
The Nickel-Hopper Movie

as Paddy

1926
Raggedy Rose Movie

as Raggedy Rose

1923
The Extra Girl Movie

as Sue Graham

1923
Suzanna Movie

as Suzanna

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday November 09, 1893 (36 years old)
Died February 23, 1930
Place of Birth New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
Also Known As Mabel Ethelreid Normand, Mabel Normand-Cody, Muriel Fortescue and 1 more
Years Active 1910 - 2016
Popularity 0.5
Career Stats
249 Total Credits
229 Movie Roles
5 Photos