Acting
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 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.
Filmography
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Film · 2020
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Film · 2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
Film · 2015
The Parrott Chase
Film · 2009
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Film · 2007
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Film · 1998
The Chaplin Puzzle
Film · 1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Film · 1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Film · 1988
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Film · 1961
When Comedy Was King
Film · 1960
All in Good Fun
Film · 1955
Down Memory Lane
Film · 1949
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Film · 1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Film · 1942
Stars of Yesterday
Film · 1931
Should Men Walk Home?
Film · 1927
Anything Once!
Film · 1927
One Hour Married
Film · 1927
The Nickel-Hopper
Film · 1926
Raggedy Rose
Film · 1926
The Extra Girl
Film · 1923
Suzanna
Film · 1923
Head Over Heels
Film · 1922
Seeing Stars
Film · 1922
Oh, Mabel Behave
Film · 1922
Molly O'
Film · 1921
What Happened To Rosa
Film · 1920
Pinto
Film · 1920
The Slim Princess
Film · 1920
Sis Hopkins
Film · 1919
Upstairs
Film · 1919
When Doctors Disagree
Film · 1919
Jinx
Film · 1919
The Pest
Film · 1919
Mickey
Film · 1918
The Floor Below
Film · 1918
Peck's Bad Girl
Film · 1918
A Perfect 36
Film · 1918
The Venus Model
Film · 1918
Back to the Woods
Film · 1918
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Film · 1918
Dodging a Million
Film · 1918
Joan of Plattsburg
Film · 1918
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Film · 1916
He Did and He Didn’t
Film · 1916
Bright Lights
Film · 1916
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Film · 1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Film · 1915
Wished on Mabel
Film · 1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Film · 1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Film · 1915
That Little Band Of Gold
Film · 1915
The Little Teacher
Film · 1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Film · 1915
Mabel Lost and Won
Film · 1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Film · 1915
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Film · 1915
Their Social Splash
Film · 1915
My Valet
Film · 1915
Stolen Magic
Film · 1915
Mabel's Busy Day
Film · 1914
The Fatal Mallet
Film · 1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Film · 1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Film · 1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Film · 1914
Hello, Mabel
Film · 1914
Mabel's Married Life
Film · 1914
A Film Johnnie
Film · 1914
Mabel at the Wheel
Film · 1914
His Trysting Places
Film · 1914
Getting Acquainted
Film · 1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
Film · 1914
Her Friend the Bandit
Film · 1914
Mabel's Blunder
Film · 1914
Fatty's Wild Night
Film · 1914
Won in a Closet
Film · 1914
Those Country Kids
Film · 1914
A Misplaced Foot
Film · 1914
The Masquerader
Film · 1914
Fatty's Wine Party
Film · 1914
Mabel's New Job
Film · 1914
The Sea Nymphs
Film · 1914
Love and Gasoline
Film · 1914
Mabel’s Bear Escape
Film · 1914
Lovers' Post Office
Film · 1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Film · 1914
Mabel’s Latest Prank
Film · 1914
Mack at It Again
Film · 1914
A Missing Bride
Film · 1914
Mabel’s Nerve
Film · 1914
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Film · 1914
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
Film · 1914
The Alarm
Film · 1914
A Gambling Rube
Film · 1914
Near To Earth
Film · 1913
Bangville Police
Film · 1913
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Film · 1913
A Muddy Romance
Film · 1913
Mabel's New Hero
Film · 1913
The Gusher
Film · 1913
Cohen Saves the Flag
Film · 1913
Hide and Seek
Film · 1913
A Strong Revenge
Film · 1913
The Speed Kings
Film · 1913
The Waiters' Picnic
Film · 1913
A Noise from the Deep
Film · 1913
Professor Bean's Removal
Film · 1913
Love and Courage
Film · 1913
For the Love of Mabel
Film · 1913
The Telltale Light
Film · 1913
The Gypsy Queen
Film · 1913
The Riot
Film · 1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Film · 1913
The Fatal Taxicab
Film · 1913
When Dreams Come True
Film · 1913
Fatty's Flirtation
Film · 1913
On His Wedding Day
Film · 1913
The Ragtime Band
Film · 1913
A Little Hero
Film · 1913
A Healthy Neighborhood
Film · 1913
A Double Wedding
Film · 1913
The Deacon Outwitted
Film · 1913
For Lizzie's Sake
Film · 1913
The Foreman of the Jury
Film · 1913
Father’s Choice
Film · 1913
The Cure That Failed
Film · 1913
The Bowling Match
Film · 1913
Just Brown’s Luck
Film · 1913
Her New Beau
Film · 1913
Hubby’s Job
Film · 1913
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
Film · 1913
Love and Pain
Film · 1913
Heinze’s Resurrection
Film · 1913
Love Sickness at Sea
Film · 1913
The Hansom Driver
Film · 1913
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Film · 1913
Those Good Old Days
Film · 1913
Baby Day
Film · 1913
The Doctored Affair
Film · 1913
Foiling Fickle Father
Film · 1913
The Battle of Who Run
Film · 1913
Mabel’s Heroes
Film · 1913
The Rube and the Baron
Film · 1913
Red Hot Romance
Film · 1913
Saving Mabel’s Dad
Film · 1913
The Mistaken Masher
Film · 1913
The Champion
Film · 1913
His Chum the Baron
Film · 1913
How Hiram Won Out
Film · 1913
At Twelve O’Clock
Film · 1913
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Film · 1913
The Speed Queen
Film · 1913
A Tangled Affair
Film · 1913
Riley and Schultze
Film · 1912
A Dash Through the Clouds
Film · 1912
The Water Nymph
Film · 1912
The Engagement Ring
Film · 1912
Neighbors
Film · 1912
The Fickle Spaniard
Film · 1912
What the Doctor Ordered
Film · 1912
Tomboy Bessie
Film · 1912
The Brave Hunter
Film · 1912
Oh, Those Eyes!
Film · 1912
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Film · 1912
A Spanish Dilemma
Film · 1912
Helen's Marriage
Film · 1912
The Mender of Nets
Film · 1912
Mabel's Stratagem
Film · 1912
An Interrupted Elopement
Film · 1912
Help! Help!
Film · 1912
The Furs
Film · 1912
Katchem Kate
Film · 1912
The Tourists
Film · 1912
The Eternal Mother
Film · 1912
A Voice from the Deep
Film · 1912
Cohen Collects a Debt
Film · 1912
The New Neighbor
Film · 1912
Pedro's Dilemma
Film · 1912
The Beating He Needed
Film · 1912
The Flirting Husband
Film · 1912
The Ambitious Butler
Film · 1912
At Coney Island
Film · 1912
Mabel's Lovers
Film · 1912
The Deacon's Troubles
Film · 1912
Mr. Fixit
Film · 1912
A Desperate Lover
Film · 1912
At It Again
Film · 1912
A Temperamental Husband
Film · 1912
The Rivals
Film · 1912
Pat's Day Off
Film · 1912
Mabel’s Adventures
Film · 1912
Hot Stuff
Film · 1912
Brown’s Séance
Film · 1912
The Fatal Chocolate
Film · 1912
He Must Have a Wife
Film · 1912
The New Baby
Film · 1912
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Film · 1912
When Kings Were the Law
Film · 1912
A Family Mixup
Film · 1912
The Duel
Film · 1912
Drummer’s Vacation
Film · 1912
A Midnight Elopement
Film · 1912
The Baron
Film · 1911
Saved from Himself
Film · 1911
The Squaw's Love
Film · 1911
Troublesome Secretaries
Film · 1911
The Revenue Man and His Girl
Film · 1911
A Tale of Two Cities
Film · 1911
The Making of a Man
Film · 1911
Her Awakening
Film · 1911
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Film · 1911
Two Overcoats
Film · 1911
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
Film · 1911
His Mother
Film · 1911
How Betty Won the School
Film · 1911
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Film · 1911
The Strategy of Ann
Film · 1911
The Diving Girl
Film · 1911
The Diamond Star
Film · 1911
Dead Man’s Honor
Film · 1911
Italian Blood
Film · 1911
Through His Wife’s Picture
Film · 1911
A Victim of Circumstance
Film · 1911
Betty Becomes a Maid
Film · 1911
The Unveiling
Film · 1911
Why He Gave Up
Film · 1911
The Inventor’s Secret
Film · 1911
The Changing of Silas Warner
Film · 1911
Wilful Peggy
Film · 1910
The Indiscretions of Betty
Film · 1910
Over the Garden Wall
Film · 1910