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Norma Talmadge
Biography
Norma Talmadge started her career in one-reelers in 1909 for Vitagraph, playing bit roles as a young teenager starting. As she continually worked at the studio over the next several years, her parts grew until she frequently started as the leading lady. Her young promising career got a huge boost after her marriage to exhibitor Joseph M. Schenck. Together, they formed the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation in 1917 and began producing Star vechiles for Talmadge. Specializing in melodramas and woman’s pictures, Talmadge became one of the biggest stars of the 1920s, starting in hits such as Smilin’ Through, Secrets, The Lady, and Kiki. With her star already fading when the talkie revolution swept Hollywood, Talmadge made just two sound films before retiring from the screen. Although largely forgotten today, Talmadge was a pioneering producer and director who stood as one of the most popular and powerful women in early Hollywood.
Known For

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
as Herself

Show People
as Self (uncredited)

The Moth
as Lucy Gillam

Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Madame Du Barry

The Lady
as Polly Pearl

The Missing Links
as Myra Holburn

The Probation Wife
as Josephine Mowbray

Ashes of Vengeance
as Yolande de Breux

The Eternal Flame
as Duchesse de Langeais
