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Norma Marie Talmadge [1] (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen. [2]
Norma Talmadge (1894-1957) Actress. Producer. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Norma Talmadge was born on May 26, 1895, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The daughter of an unemployed alcoholic and his wife, Norma did not have the idyllic childhood that most of us yearn for.
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- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Norma Talmadge as Actress and Producer (Norma Talmadge Film Corporation) Panthea , 1917; The Secret of the Storm Country , 1917; Her Only Way , 1918; Norma Talmadge in a Liberty Bond Appeal , 1918; The Isle of Conquest , 1919; She Loves and Lies , 1920; Love's Redemption, 1921; The Voice from the Minaret , 1923.
- She Had The Worst Christmas. Born on May 2, 1894, Norma Talmadge had a rough start in life. While her mother, Peg Talmadge, was “a witty and indomitable woman,” her father, Fred Talmadge, usually had his head too deep into drink to notice much of what happened around him.
- She Had A Tiger Mom. Despite not growing up with much, Talmadge’s mother pushed her hard. When Talmadge was 14 years old, she told her mom about a classmate who modeled for illustrated song slides.
- She Got Lucky. The photographer Talmadge met initially rejected her. Talmadge didn’t quite have the looks they wanted, and they had a better model coming in the next day anyway—but then, Talmadge became the victim of a wild twist of fate.
- They Tried To Sneak In. Just a streetcar stop away from their home stood a studio called Vitagraph Studios in Flatbush, New York. Norma Talmadge and her mother decided that this studio was perfect for Talmadge’s start into movie stardom.
Norma Talmadge in “Kiki,” a comedy (atypical for her) with Ronald Colman. Joseph Yranski and Kino International. By Dave Kehr. March 11, 2010. SHE was perhaps the biggest female star of the...
Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.
Talmadge, Norma (1893–1957) American silent-film actress. Born on May 26, 1893 (some sources cite 1895 and 1897), in Jersey City, New Jersey (some sources cite Brooklyn, New York ); died from a cerebral stroke due to complications from arthritis, pneumonia, and possibly drug abuse in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 24, 1957; eldest daughter of ...
