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Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was one of the greatest film stars of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 20s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen. Her most popular film was Smilin’ Through (1922), but she also scored artistic triumphs teamed with director Frank Borzage in Secrets (1924) and The Lady (1925). Her younger sisters Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge were also movie stars. Norma married millionaire and film producer Joseph Schenck and they successfully created their own production company. After reaching fame in the Film studios on the East Coast, she moved to Hollywood in 1922.

A specialist in melodrama, Norma Talmadge was one of the most elegant and glamorous film stars of the roaring twenties. By the end of the silent film period her popularity with audiences had waned. After her two talkies proved disappointing at the box office, she retired a very wealthy woman. Of all the silent stars whose reputation collapsed with the coming of sound, Norma Talmadge was the most important. She is little remembered, since her films are seldom revived today, yet in her day she was hugely popular and the epitome of stardom.

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The Dove

The Dove was a 1927 silent film directed by Roland West and starring Norma Talmadge, Noah Beery, and Gilbert Roland. Based on a play by Willard Mack, the original story is about a Mexican despot (played by Beery), who falls in love with a dancing girl (played by Talmadge), who rejects him. Due to...

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Gladys Brockwell

to Norma Talmadge in one of only three sound films Talmadge ever made. In late June of 1929 Gladys...

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Grauman's Chinese Theater

officially opened, Sid Grauman gave a tour to some celebrities. Because the actress Norma Talmadge...

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Camille

Fred Niblo. It stars Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland. There are no known copies of this film extant...

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Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

. His and Pickford's hand and foot prints were the second and third, after Norma Talmadge, to be placed...

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Erasmus Hall High School

Streisand, (1959); Actress and singer. Norma Talmadge, (????), Silent Screen star. Cheryl Toussaint, (1970...

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Anita Loos

book The Talmadge Girls (1978) is about the actress sisters Constance Talmadge and Norma Talmadge... Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell; Susan and God (1940) starring Crawford, Fredric...) A Cast of Thousands (1977) The Talmadge Girls (1978) Fate Keeps on Happening (1984...

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December 24

composer (b. 1858) 1942 - François Darlan, vice-premier of Vichy France (b. 1881) 1957 - Norma Talmadge, American actress (b. 1893) 1972 - Gisela Richter, English art historian (b. 1882) 1975 - Bernard...

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Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Constance Talmadge, actress Natalie Talmadge, actress Norma Talmadge, actress Eva Tanguay, singer...

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May 26

singer (d. 1950) 1887 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971) 1893 - Norma Talmadge, American actress (d...

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