Mabel Normand
Known for Acting · 232 credits
- Born
- 1893-11-09
- Died
- 1930-02-23
- Place of birth
- New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Mabel Ethelreid Normand · Mabel Normand-Cody · Muriel Fortescue · メーベル・ノーマンド
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (232)
Anything Once!
1927
as The Little Girl
Help! Help!
1912
as Mrs. Suburbanite
Upstairs
1919
as Elsie MacFarland
Pinto
1920
as Pinto
Bright Lights
1916
as Mabel
Suzanna
1923
as Suzanna
The Pest
1919
as Jigs
The Venus Model
1918
as Kitty O'Brien
The Unveiling
1911
as The Showgirl
Getting Acquainted
1914
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
Mabel's Married Life
1914
as Mabel
The Masquerader
1914
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
The Extra Girl
1923
as Sue Graham
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Mabel
The Alarm
1914
Bangville Police
1913
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
Near To Earth
1913
A Voice from the Deep
1912
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Mabel
The Brave Hunter
1912
as The Woman
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914
as Mabel
Helen's Marriage
1912
as Helen
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Mabel
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as archive footage
When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
A Dash Through the Clouds
1912
as Josephine
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
as (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
1913
as Mabel
A Muddy Romance
1913
as Mabel
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
as Mabel
The Riot
1913
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
Hubby’s Job
1913
as Wifey
Down Memory Lane
1949
as (archive footage)
The Doctored Affair
1913
as Tillie
The Ragtime Band
1913
as Mabel
A Little Hero
1913
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Wilful Peggy
1910
as Maid
The Bowling Match
1913
as Mabel
Her Friend the Bandit
1914
as Mabel
Riley and Schultze
1912
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
as The Doctor's Wife
The Rivals
1912
as Mabel
Red Hot Romance
1913
as Señorita
A Healthy Neighborhood
1913
Those Country Kids
1914
as Mabel
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Katchem Kate
1912
as Katchem Kate
Mabel's Lovers
1912
as Mabel
Mickey
1918
as Mickey
The Rube and the Baron
1913
as Mabel
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
1911
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
Won in a Closet
1914
as Mabel
His Trysting Places
1914
as Mabel, The Wife
At Twelve O’Clock
1913
as Mabel
Tomboy Bessie
1912
as Tomboy Bessie
When Dreams Come True
1913
as The Peddler's Wife
My Valet
1915
as Mabel Stebbins
The Gusher
1913
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
as Mabel
When Doctors Disagree
1919
as Millie Martin
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
1913
as Mabel
The Speed Queen
1913
as Nellie
Saving Mabel’s Dad
1913
as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
as Mabel
Father’s Choice
1913
as Mabel
The Duel
1912
as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
as Mabel
The Mistaken Masher
1913
as Mabel - George's Girl
Two Overcoats
1911
Oh, Mabel Behave
1922
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
The Inventor’s Secret
1911
Sis Hopkins
1919
as Sis Hopkins
A Strong Revenge
1913
as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Wished on Mabel
1915
as Mabel
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Deacon Outwitted
1913
The Floor Below
1918
as Patricia O'Rourke
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
as Mabel - the Cashier
Hot Stuff
1912
as Hank's Sweetheart
The Fatal Chocolate
1912
as The City Girl
Through His Wife’s Picture
1911
as Wifey
The Changing of Silas Warner
1911
as The Son's Wife
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911
The Slim Princess
1920
as Kalora
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
as Mabel
The Squaw's Love
1911
as Wild Flower
A Spanish Dilemma
1912
as The Señorita
Fatty's Flirtation
1913
as Mabel
Love and Pain
1913
as Mabel
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
as Paddy
Mabel’s Latest Prank
1914
as Mabel
How Hiram Won Out
1913
as Sallie
An Interrupted Elopement
1912
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
The Little Teacher
1915
as The Little Teacher
Drummer’s Vacation
1912
Peck's Bad Girl
1918
as Minnie Penelope Peck
The Strategy of Ann
1911
Pedro's Dilemma
1912
as Girl
Mabel's Blunder
1914
as Mabel
The Furs
1912
as The Wife
The Parrott Chase
2009
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
Her New Beau
1913
as Mabel
Her Awakening
1911
as The Daughter
Head Over Heels
1922
as Tina
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
1912
as Undetermined Secondary Role
At Coney Island
1912
as The Girl
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Their Social Splash
1915
The Ambitious Butler
1912
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Mabel - the Wife
Lovers' Post Office
1914
About 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 th… With 232 credits spanning from 1910 to 2020, Mabel Normand has appeared in 232 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Anything Once! (1927) — as The Little Girl
- Help! Help! (1912) — as Mrs. Suburbanite
- Upstairs (1919) — as Elsie MacFarland
- Pinto (1920) — as Pinto
- Bright Lights (1916) — as Mabel
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