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Mabel Normand. Actress: Mickey. Mabel Normand was one of the comedy greats of early film. In an era when women are deemed 'not funny enough' it seems film history has forgotten her contributions. Her films debuted the Keystone Cops, Charlie Chaplin's tramp and the pie in the face gag.
Sep 7, 2018 · Today, Mabel Normand is largely unknown, but a forthcoming BFI season looks set to refocus the spotlight on the woman who changed cinema for ever through pies, pratfalls – and her protege,...
Mabel Normand. Mabel Normand starred in at least one hundred and sixty-seven film shorts and twenty-three full-length features, mainly for Mack Sennett’s Keystone Film Company, and was one of the earliest silent actors to function as her own director.
Born on November 9, 1892, in Staten Island, New York, Normand’s career in the early days of Hollywood catapulted her to stardom and helped shape the burgeoning film industry. As an actress, screenwriter, and director, she was a trailblazer whose influence is still felt today. From Model to Movie Star.
Jan 29, 2022 · Mabel Normand was set to be silent comedy’s next auteur, but first she had to direct a young actor named Charlie Chaplin. By Dana Stevens. Jan 29, 20225:40 AM. Mabel Normand filming Molly O...
Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, director and screenwriter.
Feb 28, 2023 · Mabel Normand, the Queen of Comedy. February 28, 2023. Mabel Normand was a silent film superstar who broke box-office records, mentored Charlie Chaplin and... disappeared. This is the tale of the thrilling rise and dramatic fall of a lost Hollywood icon.
