Mabel Normand
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
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
One Hour Married
One Hour Married
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Girl Bandit
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Girl Bandit
Anything Once!
as The Little Girl
Anything Once!
as The Little Girl
The Nickel-Hopper
as Paddy
The Nickel-Hopper
as Paddy
Raggedy Rose
as Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
as Raggedy Rose
The Extra Girl
as Sue Graham
The Extra Girl
as Sue Graham
Suzanna
as Suzanna
Suzanna
as Suzanna
Seeing Stars
as Self
Seeing Stars
as Self
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
Head Over Heels
as Tina
Head Over Heels
as Tina
Molly O'
as Molly O'Dair
Molly O'
as Molly O'Dair
What Happened To Rosa
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
What Happened To Rosa
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
The Slim Princess
as Kalora
The Slim Princess
as Kalora
Pinto
as Pinto
Pinto
as Pinto
Jinx
as The Jinx
Jinx
as The Jinx
Upstairs
as Elsie MacFarland
Upstairs
as Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree
as Millie Martin
When Doctors Disagree
as Millie Martin
The Pest
as Jigs
The Pest
as Jigs
Sis Hopkins
as Sis Hopkins
Sis Hopkins
as Sis Hopkins
A Perfect 36
as Mabel
A Perfect 36
as Mabel
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Italian Girl
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Italian Girl
Peck's Bad Girl
as Minnie Penelope Peck
Peck's Bad Girl
as Minnie Penelope Peck
Mickey
as Mickey
Mickey
as Mickey
Back to the Woods
as Stephanie Trent
Back to the Woods
as Stephanie Trent
Joan of Plattsburg
as Joan
Joan of Plattsburg
as Joan
Dodging a Million
as Arabella Flynn
Dodging a Million
as Arabella Flynn
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Mabel
Stolen Magic
as The Friend's Wife
Stolen Magic
as The Friend's Wife
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Mabel
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Mabel
Their Social Splash
Their Social Splash
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
as Herself
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
as Herself
That Little Band Of Gold
as Mabel - the Wife
That Little Band Of Gold
as Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
The Sea Nymphs
as Mabel
The Sea Nymphs
as Mabel
His Trysting Places
as Mabel, The Wife
His Trysting Places
as Mabel, The Wife
A Missing Bride
as Unconfirmed role
A Missing Bride
as Unconfirmed role
Mabel’s Nerve
as Mabel
Mabel’s Nerve
as Mabel
Mabel at the Wheel
as Mabel
Mabel at the Wheel
as Mabel
Mack at It Again
as Mabel
Mack at It Again
as Mabel
Mabel’s Bear Escape
as Mabel
Mabel’s Bear Escape
as Mabel
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
Fatty's Flirtation
as Mabel
Fatty's Flirtation
as Mabel
Love Sickness at Sea
as Mabel
Love Sickness at Sea
as Mabel
A Healthy Neighborhood
A Healthy Neighborhood
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
For the Love of Mabel
as Mabel
For the Love of Mabel
as Mabel
The Hansom Driver
as Mabel
The Hansom Driver
as Mabel
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
as Mabel
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
as Mabel
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Mabel
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Mabel
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant Girl
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant Girl
Her New Beau
as Mabel
Her New Beau
as Mabel
At Twelve O’Clock
as Mabel
At Twelve O’Clock
as Mabel
Near To Earth
Near To Earth
The Rube and the Baron
as Mabel
The Rube and the Baron
as Mabel
A Strong Revenge
as Mabel
A Strong Revenge
as Mabel
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
as The Woman
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
as The Woman
Red Hot Romance
as Señorita
Red Hot Romance
as Señorita
Mabel’s Heroes
as Mabel
Mabel’s Heroes
as Mabel
The Mistaken Masher
as Mabel - George's Girl
The Mistaken Masher
as Mabel - George's Girl
How Hiram Won Out
as Sallie
How Hiram Won Out
as Sallie
The Duel
as Mabel
The Duel
as Mabel
Pat's Day Off
as Bridget, His Wife
Pat's Day Off
as Bridget, His Wife
Mr. Fixit
as Mabel
Mr. Fixit
as Mabel
A Temperamental Husband
as wife
A Temperamental Husband
as wife
At It Again
as Mrs. Smith
At It Again
as Mrs. Smith
At Coney Island
as The Girl
At Coney Island
as The Girl
Pedro's Dilemma
as Girl
Pedro's Dilemma
as Girl
The New Neighbor
The New Neighbor
The Water Nymph
as Diving Venus
The Water Nymph
as Diving Venus
Cohen Collects a Debt
Cohen Collects a Debt
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks' Daughter
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks' Daughter
The New Baby
as The Wife
The New Baby
as The Wife
Katchem Kate
as Katchem Kate
Katchem Kate
as Katchem Kate
Oh, Those Eyes!
as Gladys
Oh, Those Eyes!
as Gladys
The Unveiling
as The Showgirl
The Unveiling
as The Showgirl
Troublesome Secretaries
as Betty Harding
Troublesome Secretaries
as Betty Harding
The Strategy of Ann
The Strategy of Ann
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
The Changing of Silas Warner
as The Son's Wife
The Changing of Silas Warner
as The Son's Wife
Dead Man’s Honor
as Helen
Dead Man’s Honor
as Helen
His Mother
as Donald's Fiancee
His Mother
as Donald's Fiancee
Betty Becomes a Maid
as Betty
Betty Becomes a Maid
as Betty
Indiscretions of Betty
Indiscretions of Betty