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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.
Norma Talmadge was a silent film star who produced and acted in over 250 movies from 1910 to 1930. She was married three times and died of a stroke in 1957.
- January 1, 1
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Norma was a slight, soulful-eyed brunette beauty adept at “emotional” roles while Constance was a tall, gawky blond, not particularly pretty but with a face full of mischief. Yet they were bound together closely in their professional careers and linked in publicity as well as in their personal lives.
Born in Jersey City and raised in Brooklyn, Talmadge often played working-class women betrayed by upper-class cads. In “Within the Law” she’s a department store salesgirl...
Nov 1, 2022 · Pamela Hutchinson reviews a retrospective of Norma Talmadge's work at Pordenone Silent Film Festival, and praises her natural and restrained acting style. She also laments the loss of many of her films and the difficulty of finding them.
Dec 14, 2021 · But the then-20-year-old Talmadge would go on to have a very successful career, one that was made by studios and the press. From a life of virtual poverty, her star rose in Hollywood because of her ambition, good luck and a stage mother who also masterminded her career and that of her sisters, Natalie and Constance.
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.
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