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.
Acted in 129
2020s
- 2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
1990s
- 1992
The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)
1980s
- 1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960s
- 1960
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1950s
- 1955
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
1940s
- 1949
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
- 1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1920s
- 1927
One Hour Married
Movie
Should Men Walk Home?
The Girl Bandit
Anything Once!
The Little Girl
- 1926
The Nickel-Hopper
Paddy
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
- 1923
The Extra Girl
Sue Graham
Suzanna
Suzanna
- 1922
Oh, Mabel Behave
The Innkeeper's Daughter
Head Over Heels
Tina
- 1921
Molly O'
Molly O'Dair
- 1920
What Happened To Rosa
Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
The Slim Princess
Kalora
Pinto
Pinto
1910s
- 1919
Jinx
The Jinx
Upstairs
Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree
Millie Martin
The Pest
Jigs
Sis Hopkins
Sis Hopkins
- 1918
A Perfect 36
Mabel
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Italian Girl
Peck's Bad Girl
Minnie Penelope Peck
Mickey
Mickey
Back to the Woods
Stephanie Trent
The Venus Model
Kitty O'Brien
The Floor Below
Patricia O'Rourke
Joan of Plattsburg
Joan
Dodging a Million
Arabella Flynn
- 1916
Bright Lights
Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor's Wife
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Mabel
- 1915
Stolen Magic
The Friend's Wife
My Valet
Mabel Stebbins
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
Mabel Lost and Won
Mabel
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel
Their Social Splash
Movie
Wished on Mabel
Mabel
That Little Band Of Gold
Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Mabel
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Mabel
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel
- 1914
Getting Acquainted
Ambrose's Wife Mabel
His Trysting Places
Mabel, The Wife
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mabel
Hello, Mabel
Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
Mabel's Blunder
Mabel
The Masquerader
Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
Mabel
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel
Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel
Her Friend the Bandit
Mabel
The Fatal Mallet
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
The Alarm
Movie
Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel
A Film Johnnie
Mabel
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel
Won in a Closet
Mabel
- 1913
The Gusher
Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Cohen Saves the Flag
Mabel
A Muddy Romance
Mabel
The Speed Kings
Mabel
The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel
The Gypsy Queen
The Gypsy Queen
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Mabel's New Hero
Mabel
The Riot
Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
A Noise from the Deep
Mabel
For the Love of Mabel
Mabel
The Waiters' Picnic
Mabel - the Cashier
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Mabel
A Little Hero
Movie
The Ragtime Band
Mabel
Bangville Police
Della, the Farmer's Daughter
Hide and Seek
Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
On His Wedding Day
Wedding Guest
Near To Earth
Movie
A Strong Revenge
Mabel
The Mistaken Masher
Mabel - George's Girl
- 1912
Mabel's Stratagem
Mabel
Mabel’s Adventures
Mabel
Pat's Day Off
Bridget, His Wife
Mabel's Lovers
Mabel
At Coney Island
The Girl
Riley and Schultze
Movie
The New Neighbor
Movie
The Water Nymph
Diving Venus
Cohen Collects a Debt
Movie
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
The Heiress
An Interrupted Elopement
Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
What the Doctor Ordered
Jenks' Daughter
The Tourists
Trixie - a Tourist
A Dash Through the Clouds
Josephine
Neighbors
First French Family, the Wife
Katchem Kate
Katchem Kate
Tomboy Bessie
Tomboy Bessie
Helen's Marriage
Helen
The Furs
The Wife
The Fickle Spaniard
Marcelle
The Brave Hunter
The Woman
Oh, Those Eyes!
Gladys
Hot Stuff
Hank's Sweetheart
The Engagement Ring
Alice
A Spanish Dilemma
The Señorita
The Mender of Nets
The Net Mender's rival
The Eternal Mother
Mary, the Woman
- 1911
Saved from Himself
The Stenographer
The Making of a Man
In Second Audience
Her Awakening
The Daughter
The Revenue Man and His Girl
Movie
The Squaw's Love
Wild Flower
The Baron
The Heiress
The Diving Girl
The Niece
Troublesome Secretaries
Betty Harding
Betty Becomes a Maid
Betty
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie
- 1910
Wilful Peggy
Maid
The Indiscretions of Betty
Movie
Directed 8
1910s
- 1915
Mabel Lost and Won
Director
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Director
- 1914
Mabel's Blunder
Director
Mabel's Busy Day
Director
Mabel at the Wheel
Director
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Director
Won in a Closet
Director
Wrote 7
1910s
- 1914
Mabel's Blunder
Writer
Mabel's Married Life
Writer
Mabel's Busy Day
Writer
Won in a Closet
Writer
- 1912
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Writer
The Engagement Ring
Writer
Produced 1
1910s
- 1918
Mickey
Producer
Appearances9
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1940s
- 1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1931
Stars of Yesterday
Self
1920s
- 1922
Seeing Stars
Self
1910s
- 1915
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Herself