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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
1893-11-09
Place of birth
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
5.60
The Fatal Mallet
1914
5.40
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914
5.33
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
6.10
Riley and Schultze
1912
0.00
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
5.60
Hello, Mabel
1914
5.30
Mabel's Married Life
1914
5.80
A Film Johnnie
1914
5.42
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
5.60
His Trysting Places
1914
6.10
Getting Acquainted
1914
5.30
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
5.70
Her Friend the Bandit
1914
5.50
Mabel's Blunder
1914
5.41
Mickey
1918
6.50
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
5.60
The Extra Girl
1923
5.90
Stars of Yesterday
1931
0.00
Near To Earth
1913
0.00
When Comedy Was King
1960
6.70
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
6.10
A Dash Through the Clouds
1912
4.33
The Water Nymph
1912
4.30
Bangville Police
1913
5.00
A Muddy Romance
1913
4.80
Fatty's Wild Night
1914
0.00
Mabel's New Hero
1913
4.90
The Gusher
1913
4.50
Cohen Saves the Flag
1913
4.20
Hide and Seek
1913
5.00
A Strong Revenge
1913
5.00
The Engagement Ring
1912
4.00
Neighbors
1912
5.00
The Fickle Spaniard
1912
3.50
What the Doctor Ordered
1912
4.00
Tomboy Bessie
1912
4.60
The Brave Hunter
1912
3.70
Oh, Those Eyes
1912
4.00
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
1912
4.00
A Spanish Dilemma
1912
4.00
Helen's Marriage
1912
4.80
The Mender of Nets
1912
5.80
The Baron
1911
4.00
Saved from Himself
1911
3.70
The Squaw's Love
1911
5.00
Won in a Closet
1914
4.40
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
7.00
Mabel's Stratagem
1912
5.00
An Interrupted Elopement
1912
4.50
Help! Help!
1912
4.30
The Furs
1912
3.00
Katchem Kate
1912
4.40
The Tourists
1912
3.70
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911
4.50
The Eternal Mother
1912
4.80
Those Country Kids
1914
4.44
Wished on Mabel
1915
5.20
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
5.50
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
4.90
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
5.10
The Little Teacher
1915
5.70
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
4.30
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
6.20
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
4.90
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
6.10
What Happened To Rosa
1920
6.80
Raggedy Rose
1926
5.50
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
7.10
Molly O'
1921
6.20
Anything Once!
1927
6.00
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
5.00
A Voice from the Deep
1912
7.00
The Speed Kings
1913
4.20
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
5.00
A Noise from the Deep
1913
5.50
Professor Bean's Removal
1913
0.00
Love and Courage
1913
0.00
For the Love of Mabel
1913
0.00
The Telltale Light
1913
0.00
The Gypsy Queen
1913
0.00
The Riot
1913
0.00
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
5.50
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
0.00
When Dreams Come True
1913
0.00
Fatty's Flirtation
1913
0.00
A Misplaced Foot
1914
0.00
Suzanna
1923
5.00
Pinto
1920
0.00
The Slim Princess
1920
0.00
Head Over Heels
1922
0.00
The Floor Below
1918
5.30
Peck's Bad Girl
1918
0.00
A Perfect 36
1918
0.00
Sis Hopkins
1919
0.00
Upstairs
1919
0.00
On His Wedding Day
1913
8.00
Seeing Stars
1922
4.90
The Masquerader
1914
5.60
The Ragtime Band
1913
5.20
A Little Hero
1913
5.00
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
0.00
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
5.50
Cohen Collects a Debt
1912
0.00
The New Neighbor
1912
0.00
Pedro's Dilemma
1912
0.00
The Beating He Needed
1912
0.00
The Flirting Husband
1912
0.00
The Ambitious Butler
1912
0.00
At Coney Island
1912
6.30
Mabel's Lovers
1912
0.00
The Deacon's Troubles
1912
0.00
Mr. Fixit
1912
0.00
A Desperate Lover
1912
0.00
At It Again
1912
0.00
A Temperamental Husband
1912
0.00
The Rivals
1912
0.00
Pat's Day Off
1912
0.00
A Healthy Neighborhood
1913
0.00
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
0.00
The Venus Model
1918
0.00
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
0.00
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
0.00
The Making of a Man
1911
6.30
When Doctors Disagree
1919
0.00
Back to the Woods
1918
0.00
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
7.10
Her Awakening
1911
0.00
Mabel’s Adventures
1912
4.00
Mabel's New Job
1914
0.00
A Double Wedding
1913
0.00
Wilful Peggy
1910
5.00
Hot Stuff
1912
4.20
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
1911
0.00
Two Overcoats
1911
0.00
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
1911
0.00
Brown’s Séance
1912
0.00
His Mother
1911
0.00
How Betty Won the School
1911
0.00
Their Social Splash
1915
4.80
The Strategy of Ann
1911
0.00
Jinx
1919
0.00
The Diving Girl
1911
0.00
The Diamond Star
1911
0.00
Dead Man’s Honor
1911
0.00
Italian Blood
1911
0.00
The Fatal Chocolate
1912
0.00
Through His Wife’s Picture
1911
0.00
A Victim of Circumstance
1911
0.00
He Must Have a Wife
1912
0.00
Betty Becomes a Maid
1911
0.00
The Unveiling
1911
0.00
The Deacon Outwitted
1913
0.00
Why He Gave Up
1911
0.00
For Lizzie's Sake
1913
0.00
The New Baby
1912
0.00
The Foreman of the Jury
1913
0.00
Father’s Choice
1913
0.00
The Inventor’s Secret
1911
0.00
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
1912
0.00
When Kings Were the Law
1912
0.00
The Cure That Failed
1913
0.00
The Bowling Match
1913
0.00
Just Brown’s Luck
1913
0.00
Her New Beau
1913
0.00
Hubby’s Job
1913
0.00
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
1913
0.00
Love and Pain
1913
0.00
Heinze’s Resurrection
1913
0.00
Love Sickness at Sea
1913
0.00
The Hansom Driver
1913
0.00
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913
0.00
Those Good Old Days
1913
0.00
Indiscretions of Betty
1910
0.00
Over the Garden Wall
1910
0.00
A Family Mixup
1912
0.00
The Duel
1912
0.00
Baby Day
1913
0.00
Drummer’s Vacation
1912
0.00
A Midnight Elopement
1912
0.00
Oh, Mabel Behave
1922
0.00
The Sea Nymphs
1914
0.00
My Valet
1915
0.00
The Changing of Silas Warner
1911
0.00
The Doctored Affair
1913
0.00
Foiling Fickle Father
1913
0.00
Love and Gasoline
1914
0.00
The Battle of Who Run
1913
0.00
Mabel’s Heroes
1913
5.00
The Rube and the Baron
1913
0.00
Red Hot Romance
1913
0.00
Saving Mabel’s Dad
1913
0.00
The Mistaken Masher
1913
0.00
Mabel’s Bear Escape
1914
0.00
Lovers' Post Office
1914
0.00
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
0.00
Mabel’s Latest Prank
1914
0.00
Dodging a Million
1918
0.00
Joan of Plattsburg
1918
0.00
The Pest
1919
0.00
One Hour Married
1927
6.00
Mack at It Again
1914
0.00
Stolen Magic
1915
0.00
A Missing Bride
1914
0.00
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
0.00
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
1914
0.00
The Champion
1913
0.00
His Chum the Baron
1913
0.00
Bright Lights
1916
0.00
How Hiram Won Out
1913
0.00
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
1914
0.00
At Twelve O’Clock
1913
0.00
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
0.00
The Alarm
1914
0.00
The Speed Queen
1913
0.00
A Tangled Affair
1913
0.00
A Gambling Rube
1914
0.00
Down Memory Lane
1949
0.00
All in Good Fun
1955
4.00