Name
Mabel Normand
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1893-11-09
Deathday
1930-02-23 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
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
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The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, produ...
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A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very...
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Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincing...
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Charlie and his wife are in the park when he encounters Ambrose and his wife. Each man is ...
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Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract...
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Mabel plays an out-and-out crook, a Girl Bandit, no less. And she quickly hooks up with a ...
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First National gala celebrity banquet with stars....
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Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad want...
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The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or g...
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Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays ...
- 1914 Mabel's Busy Day as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel's Strange Predicament as Mabel
- 1914 The Fatal Mallet as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
- 1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance as Mabel
- 1912 Riley and Schultze
- 1914 Caught in a Cabaret as Mabel
- 1914 Hello, Mabel as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
- 1914 A Film Johnnie as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel at the Wheel as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel's Married Life as Mabel
- 1914 Gentlemen of Nerve as Mabel
- 1914 His Trysting Places as Mabel, The Wife
- 1914 Getting Acquainted as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
- 1914 Her Friend the Bandit as Mabel
- 1923 The Extra Girl as Sue Graham
- 1918 Mickey as Mickey
- 1914 Mabel's Blunder as Mabel
- 1915 Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day as Mabel
- 1931 Stars of Yesterday as Self
- 1913 Near To Earth
- 1960 When Comedy Was King as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1916 Fatty and Mabel Adrift as Mabel
- 1912 A Dash Through the Clouds as Josephine
- 1912 The Water Nymph as Diving Venus
- 1913 Bangville Police as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
- 1913 Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life as Mabel
- 1915 Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition as Mabel
- 1913 A Muddy Romance as Mabel
- 1914 Fatty's Wild Night
- 1913 Mabel's New Hero as Mabel
- 1913 Hide and Seek as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
- 1913 The Gusher as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
- 1913 Cohen Saves the Flag as Mabel
- 1913 A Strong Revenge as Mabel
- 1912 Neighbors as First French Family, the Wife
- 1912 The Fickle Spaniard as Marcelle
- 1912 The Engagement Ring as Alice
- 1912 Tomboy Bessie as Tomboy Bessie
- 1912 Oh, Those Eyes! as Gladys
- 1912 The Tragedy of a Dress Suit as The Heiress
- 1912 The Brave Hunter as The Woman
- 1912 A Spanish Dilemma as The Señorita
- 1912 What the Doctor Ordered as Jenks' Daughter
- 1912 Helen's Marriage as Helen
- 1912 The Mender of Nets as The Net Mender's rival
- 1911 Saved from Himself as The Stenographer
- 1911 The Baron as The Heiress
- 1911 The Squaw's Love as Wild Flower
- 1911 Troublesome Secretaries as Betty Harding
- 1914 Won in a Closet as Mabel
- 1926 The Nickel-Hopper as Paddy
- 1912 Help! Help! as Mrs. Suburbanite
- 1912 An Interrupted Elopement as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
- 1912 Mabel's Stratagem as Mabel
- 1912 The Furs as The Wife
- 1912 Katchem Kate as Katchem Kate
- 1912 The Tourists as Trixie - a Tourist
- 1911 The Revenue Man and His Girl
- 1912 The Eternal Mother as Mary, the Woman
- 1914 Those Country Kids as Mabel
- 1915 Mabel Lost and Won as Mabel
- 1915 Wished on Mabel as Mabel
- 1915 Mabel’s Wilful Way as Mabel
- 1915 Mabel, Fatty and the Law as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
- 1915 The Little Teacher as The Little Teacher
- 1915 That Little Band Of Gold as Mabel - the Wife
- 1915 Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life as Mabel
- 1915 Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life as Mabel
- 1916 He Did and He Didn’t as The Doctor's Wife
- 1920 What Happened To Rosa as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
- 1926 Raggedy Rose as Raggedy Rose
- 1921 Molly O' as Molly O'Dair
- 1927 Should Men Walk Home? as The Girl Bandit
- 1927 Anything Once! as The Little Girl
- 1911 A Tale of Two Cities
- 1942 Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- 1912 A Voice from the Deep as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- 1913 The Waiters' Picnic as Mabel - the Cashier
- 1913 The Speed Kings as Mabel
- 1913 For the Love of Mabel as Mabel
- 1913 The Telltale Light as Mabel
- 1913 A Noise from the Deep as Mabel
- 1913 Love and Courage as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
- 1913 Professor Bean's Removal as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
- 1913 The Riot as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
- 1913 Mabel's Dramatic Career as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
- 1913 The Gypsy Queen as The Gypsy Queen
- 1913 The Fatal Taxicab as Mabel
- 1913 When Dreams Come True as The Peddler's Wife
- 1913 Fatty's Flirtation as Mabel
- 1914 A Misplaced Foot as Mabel
- 1923 Suzanna as Suzanna
- 1920 Pinto as Pinto
- 1920 The Slim Princess as Kalora
- 1922 Head Over Heels as Tina
- 1918 The Floor Below as Patricia O'Rourke
- 1918 Peck's Bad Girl as Minnie Penelope Peck
- 1918 A Perfect 36 as Mabel
- 1919 Sis Hopkins as Sis Hopkins
- 1919 Upstairs as Elsie MacFarland
- 1913 On His Wedding Day as Wedding Guest
- 1922 Seeing Stars as Self
- 1914 The Masquerader as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
- 1913 The Ragtime Band as Mabel
- 1913 A Little Hero
- 1992 The Chaplin Puzzle as (archive footage)
- 1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
- 1912 Cohen Collects a Debt
- 1912 The New Neighbor
- 1912 The Beating He Needed as Girl
- 1912 Pedro's Dilemma as Girl
- 1912 The Ambitious Butler
- 1912 The Flirting Husband as Mrs. Smith
- 1912 At Coney Island as The Girl
- 1912 Mabel's Lovers as Mabel
- 1912 At It Again as Mrs. Smith
- 1912 The Deacon's Troubles
- 1912 A Temperamental Husband as wife
- 1912 The Rivals as Mabel
- 1912 Mr. Fixit as Mabel
- 1912 A Desperate Lover
- 1912 Pat's Day Off as Bridget, His Wife
- 1913 A Healthy Neighborhood
- 1914 Fatty's Wine Party as The Girl
- 1918 The Venus Model as Kitty O'Brien
- 1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
- 1998 Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 Looking for Mabel Normand as Self (archive footage)
- 1911 The Making of a Man as In Second Audience
- 1919 When Doctors Disagree as Millie Martin
- 1918 Back to the Woods as Stephanie Trent
- 2007 Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1911 Her Awakening as The Daughter
- 1915 Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco as Herself
- 1912 Mabel’s Adventures as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel's New Job as Mabel
- 1913 A Double Wedding as Undetermined Role
- 1910 Wilful Peggy as Maid
- 1912 Hot Stuff as Hank's Sweetheart
- 1911 His Mother as Donald's Fiancee
- 1911 Picciola; or, The Prison Flower as Theresa Girhardi
- 1911 How Betty Won the School as Betty's Rival
- 1911 The Strategy of Ann
- 1911 The Subduing of Mrs. Nag as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
- 1911 Two Overcoats
- 1911 When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins as Mabel, Jack's Wife
- 1912 Brown’s Séance as Mrs. Brown
- 1915 Their Social Splash
- 1919 Jinx as The Jinx
- 1911 Betty Becomes a Maid as Betty
- 1911 Dead Man’s Honor as Helen
- 1911 The Diving Girl as The Niece
- 1911 Italian Blood
- 1911 Through His Wife’s Picture as Wifey
- 1911 The Unveiling as The Showgirl
- 1911 A Victim of Circumstance
- 1911 Why He Gave Up as The Wife
- 1913 The Deacon Outwitted
- 1912 The Fatal Chocolate as The City Girl
- 1911 The Diamond Star as Guest at Dinner Party
- 1911 The Inventor’s Secret
- 1912 He Must Have a Wife as The Girl
- 1912 Mr. Grouch at the Seashore as Undetermined Secondary Role
- 1913 For Lizzie's Sake as Lizzie
- 1912 The New Baby as The Wife
- 1913 Father’s Choice as Mabel
- 1913 The Foreman of the Jury as Mabel
- 1912 When Kings Were the Law as At Court (Uncredited)
- 1913 The Bowling Match as Mabel
- 1913 The Cure That Failed as Mabel
- 1913 The Hansom Driver as Mabel
- 1913 Heinze’s Resurrection as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
- 1913 Her New Beau as Mabel
- 1913 Hubby’s Job as Wifey
- 1913 Just Brown’s Luck as Mrs. Brown
- 1913 Love and Pain as Mabel
- 1913 Love Sickness at Sea as Mabel
- 1913 The Sleuths at the Floral Parade as The Woman
- 1913 Mabel’s Awful Mistakes as Mabel
- 1913 Those Good Old Days as The Peasant Girl
- 1910 Indiscretions of Betty
- 1910 Over the Garden Wall
- 1912 Drummer’s Vacation
- 1912 The Duel as Mabel
- 1912 A Family Mixup as A Wife
- 1912 A Midnight Elopement as Sally Rice
- 1913 Baby Day
- 1914 The Sea Nymphs as Mabel
- 1922 Oh, Mabel Behave as The Innkeeper's Daughter
- 1915 My Valet as Mabel Stebbins
- 1911 The Changing of Silas Warner as The Son's Wife
- 1913 Foiling Fickle Father as Mabel
- 1914 Love and Gasoline
- 1913 The Battle of Who Run as Mack's Girl
- 1913 The Doctored Affair as Tillie
- 1913 Mabel’s Heroes as Mabel
- 1913 The Mistaken Masher as Mabel - George's Girl
- 1913 Red Hot Romance as Señorita
- 1913 The Rube and the Baron as Mabel
- 1913 Saving Mabel’s Dad as Mabel
- 1914 Lovers' Post Office
- 1914 Mack at It Again as Mabel
- 1914 A Missing Bride as Unconfirmed role
- 1914 Where Hazel Met the Villain
- 1915 Stolen Magic as The Friend's Wife
- 1918 Dodging a Million as Arabella Flynn
- 1918 Joan of Plattsburg as Joan
- 1919 The Pest as Jigs
- 1927 One Hour Married
- 1918 Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand as Italian Girl
- 1914 Mabel’s Bear Escape as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel’s Latest Prank as Mabel
- 1914 Mabel’s Nerve as Mabel
- 1913 The Champion as Mabel
- 1913 His Chum the Baron as Party Girl
- 1916 Bright Lights as Mabel
- 1913 How Hiram Won Out as Sallie
- 1913 The Speed Queen as Nellie
- 1913 A Tangled Affair as Mabel
- 1913 At Twelve O’Clock as Mabel
- 1913 Zuzu, the Band Leader as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
- 1914 The Alarm
- 1914 A Gambling Rube as Unconfimed role
- 1914 A Glimpse of Los Angeles
- 1949 Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)
- 1955 All in Good Fun as Archive Footage
- 1988 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2009 The Parrott Chase as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty as archive footage
