From Wikipedia 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
| Birth Location | New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1893-11-09 |
| Died | 1930-02-23 |
Movies
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Herself (archive footage)
2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
1998
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
1992
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
1960
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
1949
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1942
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
1931
1927
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Girl Bandit
1927
Anything Once!
as The Little Girl
1927
The Nickel-Hopper
as Paddy
1926
Raggedy Rose
as Raggedy Rose
1926
The Extra Girl
as Sue Graham
1923
Suzanna
as Suzanna
1923
Seeing Stars
as Self
1922
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
1922
Head Over Heels
as Tina
1922
Molly O'
as Molly O'Dair
1921
What Happened To Rosa?
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
1920
The Slim Princess
as Kalora
1920
Pinto
as Pinto
1920
Jinx
as The Jinx
1919
Upstairs
as Elsie MacFarland
1919
The Pest
as Jigs
1919
Sis Hopkins
as Sis Hopkins
1919
A Perfect 36
as Mabel
1918
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Italian Girl
1918
Peck's Bad Girl
as Minnie Penelope Peck
1918
Mickey
as Mickey
1918
Back to the Woods
as Stephanie Trent
1918
The Venus Model
as Kitty O'Brien
1918
The Floor Below
as Patricia O'Rourke
1918
Joan of Plattsburg
as Joan
1918
Dodging a Million
as Arabella Flynn
1918
Bright Lights
as Mabel
1916
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor's Wife
1916
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Mabel
1916
Stolen Magic
as The Friend's Wife
1915
My Valet
as Mabel Stebbins
1915
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
1915
Mabel Lost and Won
as Mabel
1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Mabel
1915
1915
1915
Wished on Mabel
as Mabel
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
as Mabel - the Wife
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Mabel
1915
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Mabel
1915
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Mabel
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Mabel
1914
Getting Acquainted
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
1914
The Sea Nymphs
as Mabel
1914
Fatty's Wine Party
as The Girl
1914
His Trysting Places
as Mabel, The Wife
1914
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Mabel
1914
Hello, Mabel
as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
1914
Mabel's Blunder
as Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Latest Prank
as Mabel
1914
The Masquerader
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
1914
Those Country Kids
as Mabel
1914
Mabel's New Job
as Mabel
1914
Mabel's Married Life
as Mabel
1914
A Missing Bride
as Unconfirmed role
1914
A Gambling Rube
as Unconfimed role
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
as Mabel
1914
Her Friend the Bandit
as Mabel
1914
The Fatal Mallet
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
1914
1914
Mabel’s Nerve
as Mabel
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
as Mabel
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
as Mabel
1914
Mack at It Again
as Mabel
1914
A Film Johnnie
as Self (uncredited)
1914
1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament
as Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Bear Escape
as Mabel
1914
Won in a Closet
as Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
as Mabel
1914
1914
A Misplaced Foot
as Mabel
1914
The Champion
as Mabel
1913
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
1913
Fatty's Flirtation
as Mabel
1913
The Gusher
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
1913
Cohen Saves the Flag
as Mabel
1913
A Muddy Romance
as Mabel
1913
Love Sickness at Sea
as Mabel
1913
The Speed Kings
as Mabel
1913
The Bowling Match
as Mabel
1913
When Dreams Come True
as The Peddler's Wife
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
as Mabel
1913
The Gypsy Queen
as The Gypsy Queen
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
1913
Mabel's New Hero
as Mabel
1913
1913
The Riot
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
1913
Professor Bean's Removal
as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
1913
Love and Courage
as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
1913
A Noise from the Deep
as Mabel
1913
The Telltale Light
as Mabel
1913
For the Love of Mabel
as Mabel
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
as Mabel - the Cashier
1913
The Speed Queen
as Nellie
1913
The Hansom Driver
as Mabel
1913
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
as Mabel
1913
The Foreman of the Jury
as Mabel
1913
Hubby’s Job
as Wifey
1913
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Mabel
1913
1913
The Ragtime Band
as Mabel
1913
His Chum the Baron
as Party Girl
1913
Bangville Police
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
1913
Father’s Choice
as Mabel
1913
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant Girl
1913
Hide and Seek
as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
1913
Her New Beau
as Mabel
1913
On His Wedding Day
as Wedding Guest
1913
At Twelve O’Clock
as Mabel
1913
1913
The Rube and the Baron
as Mabel
1913
1913
Foiling Fickle Father
as Mabel
1913
A Strong Revenge
as Mabel
1913
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
as The Woman
1913
Red Hot Romance
as Señorita
1913
The Doctored Affair
as Tillie
1913
A Tangled Affair
as Mabel
1913
Heinze’s Resurrection
as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
1913
Mabel’s Heroes
as Mabel
1913
The Battle of Who Run
as Mack's Girl
1913
Just Brown’s Luck
as Mrs. Brown
1913
The Mistaken Masher
as Mabel - George's Girl
1913
1913
For Lizzie's Sake
as Lizzie
1913
How Hiram Won Out
as Sallie
1913
1913
Saving Mabel’s Dad
as Mabel
1913
A Double Wedding
as Undetermined Role
1913
The Duel
as Mabel
1912
Mabel's Stratagem
as Mabel
1912
1912
Mabel’s Adventures
as Mabel
1912
A Midnight Elopement
as Sally Rice
1912
A Family Mixup
as A Wife
1912
Brown’s Séance
as Mrs. Brown
1912
Pat's Day Off
as Bridget, His Wife
1912
1912
The Rivals
as Mabel
1912
Mr. Fixit
as Mabel
1912
A Temperamental Husband
as wife
1912
Mabel's Lovers
as Mabel
1912
At It Again
as Mrs. Smith
1912
At Coney Island
as his girl
1912
The Flirting Husband
as Mrs. Smith
1912
1912
The Beating He Needed
as Girl
1912
Pedro's Dilemma
as Girl
1912
1912
1912
The Water Nymph
as Diving Venus
1912
He Must Have a Wife
as The Girl
1912
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
as Undetermined Secondary Role
1912
An Interrupted Elopement
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
1912
Tragedy of the Dress Suit
as The Heiress
1912
The Tourists
as Trixie - a Tourist
1912
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks' Daughter
1912
The New Baby
as The Wife
1912
A Dash Through the Clouds
as Josephine
1912
Katchem Kate
as Katchem Kate
1912
Neighbors
as First French Family, the Wife
1912
Tomboy Bessie
as Tomboy Bessie
1912
Helen's Marriage
as Helen
1912
When Kings Were the Law
as At Court (Uncredited)
1912
The Furs
as The Wife
1912
The Fickle Spaniard
as Marcelle
1912
The Brave Hunter
as The Woman
1912
Help! Help!
as Mrs. Suburbanite
1912
Oh, Those Eyes
as Gladys
1912
Hot Stuff
as Hank's Sweetheart
1912
A Voice from the Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1912
A Spanish Dilemma
as The Señorita
1912
The Engagement Ring
as Alice
1912
The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Girl
1912
The Mender of Nets
as The Net Mender's rival
1912
The Eternal Mother
as Mary, the Woman
1912
Saved from Himself
as The Stenographer
1911
Why He Gave Up
as The Wife
1911
Through His Wife’s Picture
as Wifey
1911
The Unveiling
as The Showgirl
1911
1911
The Making of a Man
as In Second Audience
1911
Her Awakening
as The Daughter
1911
The Squaw's Love
as Wild Flower
1911
The Baron
as The Heiress
1911
How Betty Won the School
as Betty's Rival
1911
The Diving Girl
as The Niece
1911
Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
as Betty Harding
1911
1911
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
1911
1911
The Changing of Silas Warner
as The Son's Wife
1911
Dead Man’s Honor
as Helen
1911
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
1911
His Mother
as Donald's Fiancee
1911
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
as Theresa Girhardi
1911
Betty Becomes a Maid
as Betty
1911
The Diamond Star
as Guest at Dinner Party
1911
1911
Wilful Peggy
as Maid
1910
1910
Movies
Mickey
Producer
1918
Mabel Lost and Won
Director
1915
Mabel's Blunder
Writer
1914
Mabel's Blunder
Director
1914
Mabel's Married Life
Writer
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
Writer
1914
Mabel’s Nerve
Director
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Director
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Writer
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
Director
1914
Love and Gasoline
Director
1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Director
1914
Mabel’s Bear Escape
Director
1914
Won in a Closet
Writer
1914
Won in a Closet
Director
1914
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Director
1914
Tragedy of the Dress Suit
Writer
1912
The Engagement Ring
Writer
1912
