Acting
Mabel Normand
FR, EN cinema · 232 credits
Born
9 November 1893
Died
23 February 1930 (aged 36)
Birthplace
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
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
Filmography
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
2009
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Girl Bandit
Anything Once!
as The Little Girl
The Nickel-Hopper
as Paddy
Raggedy Rose
as Raggedy Rose
The Extra Girl
as Sue Graham
Suzanna
as Suzanna
Head Over Heels
as Tina
Seeing Stars
as Self
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
Molly O'
as Molly O'Dair
What Happened To Rosa
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
Pinto
as Pinto
The Slim Princess
as Kalora
Sis Hopkins
as Sis Hopkins
Upstairs
as Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree
as Millie Martin
Jinx
as The Jinx
The Pest
as Jigs
Mickey
as Mickey, Producer
The Floor Below
as Patricia O'Rourke
Peck's Bad Girl
as Minnie Penelope Peck
A Perfect 36
as Mabel
The Venus Model
as Kitty O'Brien
Back to the Woods
as Stephanie Trent
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Italian Girl
Dodging a Million
as Arabella Flynn
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor's Wife
Bright Lights
as Mabel
Mabel Lost and Won
as Mabel, Director
Wished on Mabel
as Mabel
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Mabel
That Little Band Of Gold
as Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
as Herself, Director
My Valet
as Mabel Stebbins
Stolen Magic
as The Friend's Wife
Mabel's Busy Day
as Mabel, Writer, Director
Mabel's Strange Predicament
as Mabel, Director
The Fatal Mallet
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Mabel, Director, Writer
Hello, Mabel
as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
A Film Johnnie
as Mabel
Mabel at the Wheel
as Mabel, Director
His Trysting Places
as Mabel, The Wife
Getting Acquainted
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Mabel
Mabel's Married Life
as Mabel, Writer
Mabel's Blunder
as Mabel, Director, Writer
Won in a Closet
as Mabel, Writer, Director
Those Country Kids
as Mabel
The Masquerader
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Love and Gasoline
1914
Love and Gasoline
Actor, Director
Mabel’s Bear Escape
1914
Mabel’s Bear Escape
as Mabel, Director
A Missing Bride
1914
A Missing Bride
as Unconfirmed role
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
Mabel’s Nerve
as Mabel, Director
A Gambling Rube
1914
A Gambling Rube
as Unconfimed role
Bangville Police
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
A Muddy Romance
as Mabel
Mabel's New Hero
as Mabel
The Gusher
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Cohen Saves the Flag
as Mabel
Hide and Seek
as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
A Strong Revenge
as Mabel
The Waiters' Picnic
as Mabel - the Cashier
The Speed Kings
as Mabel
Professor Bean's Removal
1913
Professor Bean's Removal
as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
Love and Courage
1913
Love and Courage
as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
The Riot
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
When Dreams Come True
1913
When Dreams Come True
as The Peddler's Wife
The Gypsy Queen
as The Gypsy Queen
On His Wedding Day
as Wedding Guest
The Ragtime Band
as Mabel
A Double Wedding
1913
A Double Wedding
as Undetermined Role
Heinze’s Resurrection
1913
Heinze’s Resurrection
as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
Those Good Old Days
1913
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant Girl
The Mistaken Masher
as Mabel - George's Girl
His Chum the Baron
1913
His Chum the Baron
as Party Girl
Zuzu, the Band Leader
1913
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
A Dash Through the Clouds
as Josephine
The Water Nymph
as Diving Venus
Neighbors
as First French Family, the Wife
The Fickle Spaniard
as Marcelle
The Engagement Ring
as Alice, Writer
Tomboy Bessie
as Tomboy Bessie
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
as The Heiress, Writer
The Brave Hunter
as The Woman
A Spanish Dilemma
as The Señorita
Helen's Marriage
as Helen
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks' Daughter
Oh, Those Eyes!
as Gladys
The Mender of Nets
as The Net Mender's rival
An Interrupted Elopement
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
Help! Help!
as Mrs. Suburbanite
The Furs
as The Wife
Mabel's Stratagem
as Mabel
Katchem Kate
as Katchem Kate
The Tourists
as Trixie - a Tourist
The Eternal Mother
as Mary, the Woman
A Voice from the Deep
1912
A Voice from the Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Mabel's Lovers
as Mabel
At It Again
1912
At It Again
as Mrs. Smith
At Coney Island
as The Girl
Pat's Day Off
as Bridget, His Wife
Mabel’s Adventures
as Mabel
Hot Stuff
as Hank's Sweetheart
Brown’s Séance
1912
Brown’s Séance
as Mrs. Brown
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
1912
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
as Undetermined Secondary Role
The Fatal Chocolate
1912
The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Girl
The New Baby
1912
The New Baby
as The Wife
When Kings Were the Law
1912
When Kings Were the Law
as At Court (Uncredited)
The Baron
as The Heiress
The Squaw's Love
as Wild Flower
Saved from Himself
as The Stenographer
Troublesome Secretaries
as Betty Harding
The Making of a Man
as In Second Audience
Her Awakening
as The Daughter
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
1911
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
as Theresa Girhardi
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
1911
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
1911
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
His Mother
1911
His Mother
as Donald's Fiancee
The Diving Girl
as The Niece
The Unveiling
1911
The Unveiling
as The Showgirl
The Diamond Star
1911
The Diamond Star
as Guest at Dinner Party
Wilful Peggy
as Maid
