Mabel Normand

Mabel Normand

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.

Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1893-11-09

Place of birth

New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA

Images

Cast

Hello, Mabel

Hello, Mabel

1914

5.30

Mickey

Mickey

1918

6.50

The Gusher

The Gusher

1913

4.50

Neighbors

Neighbors

1912

5.00

The Baron

The Baron

1911

4.00

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

1912

4.30

The Furs

The Furs

1912

3.00

Katchem Kate

Katchem Kate

1912

4.40

The Tourists

The Tourists

1912

3.70

Raggedy Rose

Raggedy Rose

1926

5.50

Molly O'

Molly O'

1921

6.20

The Riot

The Riot

1913

0.00

Suzanna

Suzanna

1923

5.00

Pinto

Pinto

1920

0.00

A Perfect 36

A Perfect 36

1918

0.00

Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins

1919

0.00

Upstairs

Upstairs

1919

0.00

Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars

1922

4.90

Mr. Fixit

Mr. Fixit

1912

0.00

At It Again

At It Again

1912

0.00

The Rivals

The Rivals

1912

0.00

Wilful Peggy

Wilful Peggy

1910

5.00

Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff

1912

4.20

His Mother

His Mother

1911

0.00

Jinx

Jinx

1919

0.00

The New Baby

The New Baby

1912

0.00

Her New Beau

Her New Beau

1913

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The Duel

The Duel

1912

0.00

Baby Day

Baby Day

1913

0.00

My Valet

My Valet

1915

0.00

The Pest

The Pest

1919

0.00

Stolen Magic

Stolen Magic

1915

0.00

The Champion

The Champion

1913

0.00

The Alarm

The Alarm

1914

0.00