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Mabel Normand
Actor

Mabel Normand

9 Nov 1893Born
23 Feb 1930Died
36Age at death
224Credits

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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 224 credits.

  1. 2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of LibertyFilm: archive footage
  2. 2009The Parrott ChaseFilm: (archive footage) (uncredited)
  3. 1992The Chaplin PuzzleFilm: (archive footage)
  4. 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police FilesFilm: (archive footage) (uncredited)
  5. 1988Hollywood Scandals and TragediesFilm: (archive footage) (uncredited)
  6. 1960When Comedy Was KingFilm: (archive footage) (uncredited)
  7. 1955All in Good FunFilm: Archive Footage
  8. 1949Down Memory LaneFilm: (archive footage)
  9. 1943Happy Times and Jolly MomentsFilm: (archive footage)
  10. 1927One Hour MarriedFilm
  11. 1927Should Men Walk Home?Film: The Girl Bandit
  12. 1927Anything Once!Film: The Little Girl
  13. 1926The Nickel-HopperFilm: Paddy
  14. 1926Raggedy RoseFilm: Raggedy Rose
  15. 1923The Extra GirlFilm: Sue Graham
  16. 1923SuzannaFilm: Suzanna
  17. 1922Oh, Mabel BehaveFilm: The Innkeeper's Daughter
  18. 1922Head Over HeelsFilm: Tina
  19. 1921Molly O'Film: Molly O'Dair
  20. 1920What Happened To RosaFilm: Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
  21. 1920The Slim PrincessFilm: Kalora
  22. 1920PintoFilm: Pinto
  23. 1919JinxFilm: The Jinx
  24. 1919UpstairsFilm: Elsie MacFarland
  25. 1919When Doctors DisagreeFilm: Millie Martin
  26. 1919The PestFilm: Jigs
  27. 1919Sis HopkinsFilm: Sis Hopkins
  28. 1918A Perfect 36Film: Mabel
  29. 1918Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your HandFilm: Italian Girl
  30. 1918Peck's Bad GirlFilm: Minnie Penelope Peck
  31. 1918MickeyFilm: Mickey
  32. 1918Back to the WoodsFilm: Stephanie Trent
  33. 1918The Venus ModelFilm: Kitty O'Brien
  34. 1918The Floor BelowFilm: Patricia O'Rourke
  35. 1918Joan of PlattsburgFilm: Joan
  36. 1918Dodging a MillionFilm: Arabella Flynn
  37. 1916Bright LightsFilm: Mabel
  38. 1916He Did and He Didn’tFilm: The Doctor's Wife
  39. 1916Fatty and Mabel AdriftFilm: Mabel
  40. 1915Stolen MagicFilm: The Friend's Wife
  41. 1915My ValetFilm: Mabel Stebbins
  42. 1915The Little TeacherFilm: The Little Teacher
  43. 1915Mabel Lost and WonFilm: Mabel, Director
  44. 1915Mabel’s Wilful WayFilm: Mabel
  45. 1915Their Social SplashFilm
  46. 1915Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San FranciscoFilm: Director
  47. 1915Wished on MabelFilm: Mabel
  48. 1915That Little Band Of GoldFilm: Mabel - the Wife
  49. 1915Mabel and Fatty’s Married LifeFilm: Mabel
  50. 1915Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego ExpositionFilm: Mabel
  51. 1915Mabel, Fatty and the LawFilm: Mabel - Fatty's Wife
  52. 1915Fatty and Mabel’s Simple LifeFilm: Mabel
  53. 1915Mabel and Fatty's Wash DayFilm: Mabel
  54. 1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceFilm: Mabel
  55. 1914Getting AcquaintedFilm: Ambrose's Wife Mabel
  56. 1914The Sea NymphsFilm: Mabel
  57. 1914Fatty's Wine PartyFilm: The Girl
  58. 1914His Trysting PlacesFilm: Mabel, The Wife
  59. 1914Lovers' Post OfficeFilm
  60. 1914Gentlemen of NerveFilm: Mabel
  61. 1914Hello, MabelFilm: Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
  62. 1914Mabel's BlunderFilm: Mabel, Director, Writer
  63. 1914Mabel’s Latest PrankFilm: Mabel
  64. 1914The MasqueraderFilm: Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
  65. 1914Those Country KidsFilm: Mabel
  66. 1914Mabel's New JobFilm: Mabel
  67. 1914Mabel's Married LifeFilm: Mabel, Writer
  68. 1914A Missing BrideFilm: Unconfirmed role
  69. 1914A Gambling RubeFilm: Unconfimed role
  70. 1914Mabel's Busy DayFilm: Mabel, Writer, Director
  71. 1914Her Friend the BanditFilm: Mabel
  72. 1914The Fatal MalletFilm: Pretty Girl (uncredited)
  73. 1914The AlarmFilm
  74. 1914Mabel’s NerveFilm: Mabel, Director
  75. 1914Caught in a CabaretFilm: Mabel, Director, Writer
  76. 1914Where Hazel Met the VillainFilm
  77. 1914Mabel at the WheelFilm: Mabel, Director
  78. 1914Mack at It AgainFilm: Mabel
  79. 1914A Film JohnnieFilm: Mabel
  80. 1914Love and GasolineFilm: Director

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