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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.

Cast

Mabel's Busy Day

(Mabel)

Mabel's Strange Predicament

(Mabel)

The Fatal Mallet

(Pretty Girl (uncredited))

Tillie's Punctured Romance

(Mabel)

Riley and Schultze

Caught in a Cabaret

(Mabel)

Hello, Mabel

(Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl)

A Film Johnnie

(Self (uncredited))

Mabel at the Wheel

(Mabel)

His Trysting Places

(Mabel, The Wife)

Getting Acquainted

(Ambrose's Wife Mabel)

Gentlemen of Nerve

(Mabel)

Mabel's Married Life

(Mabel)

Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day

(Mabel)

Her Friend the Bandit

(Mabel)

Mickey

(Mickey)

The Extra Girl

(Sue Graham)

Mabel's Blunder

(Mabel)

Stars of Yesterday

(Self)

Near To Earth

Fatty and Mabel Adrift

(Mabel)

When Comedy Was King

(edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage))

A Dash Through the Clouds

(Josephine)

The Water Nymph

(Diving Venus)

Bangville Police

(Della, the Farmer's Daughter)

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

(Mabel)

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

(Mabel)

A Muddy Romance

(Mabel)

Fatty's Wild Night

Mabel's New Hero

(Mabel)

The Gusher

(Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart)

Cohen Saves the Flag

(Mabel)

Hide and Seek

(Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter)

A Strong Revenge

(Mabel)

Neighbors

(First French Family, the Wife)

The Fickle Spaniard

(Marcelle)

The Engagement Ring

(Alice)

Tomboy Bessie

(Tomboy Bessie)

The Tragedy of a Dress Suit

(The Heiress)

The Brave Hunter

(The Woman)

A Spanish Dilemma

(The Señorita)

Helen's Marriage

(Helen)

What the Doctor Ordered

(Jenks' Daughter)

Oh, Those Eyes

(Gladys)

The Mender of Nets

(The Net Mender's rival)

The Baron

(The Heiress)

The Squaw's Love

(Wild Flower)

Saved from Himself

(The Stenographer)

Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father

(Betty Harding)

Won in a Closet

(Mabel)

The Nickel-Hopper

(Paddy)

An Interrupted Elopement

(Alice, Bob's Sweetheart)

Help! Help!

(Mrs. Suburbanite)

The Furs

(The Wife)

Mabel's Stratagem

(Mabel)

Katchem Kate

(Katchem Kate)

The Tourists

(Trixie - a Tourist)

The Revenue Man and His Girl

The Eternal Mother

(Mary, the Woman)

Those Country Kids

(Mabel)

Mabel Lost and Won

(Mabel)

Wished on Mabel

(Mabel)

The Little Teacher

(The Little Teacher)

Mabel, Fatty and the Law

(Mabel - Fatty's Wife)

Mabel’s Wilful Way

(Mabel)

Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life

(Mabel)

That Little Band Of Gold

(Mabel - the Wife)

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life

(Mabel)

He Did and He Didn’t

(The Doctor's Wife)

What Happened To Rosa?

(Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro)

Raggedy Rose

(Raggedy Rose)

Molly O'

(Molly O'Dair)

Should Men Walk Home?

(The Girl Bandit)

Anything Once!

(The Little Girl)

A Tale of Two Cities

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

(Self (archive footage))

A Voice from the Deep

(Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed))

The Waiters' Picnic

(Mabel - the Cashier)

The Speed Kings

(Mabel)

For the Love of Mabel

(Mabel)

Professor Bean's Removal

(Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter)

The Telltale Light

(Mabel)

A Noise from the Deep

(Mabel)

Love and Courage

(The Country Boy's Sweetheart)

Mabel's Dramatic Career

(Mabel, the Kitchen Maid)

The Riot

(Mabel - Cohen's Daughter)

The Fatal Taxicab

(Mabel)

When Dreams Come True

(The Peddler's Wife)

The Gypsy Queen

(The Gypsy Queen)

Fatty's Flirtation

(Mabel)

A Misplaced Foot

(Mabel)

Suzanna

(Suzanna)

Pinto

(Pinto)

The Slim Princess

(Kalora)

Head Over Heels

(Tina)

The Floor Below

(Patricia O'Rourke)

Peck's Bad Girl

(Minnie Penelope Peck)

A Perfect 36

(Mabel)

Sis Hopkins

(Sis Hopkins)

Upstairs

(Elsie MacFarland)

On His Wedding Day

(Wedding Guest)

Seeing Stars

(Self)

The Masquerader

(Actress Outside Studio (uncredited))

The Ragtime Band

(Mabel)

A Little Hero

The Chaplin Puzzle

((archive footage))

Days of Thrills and Laughter

(Self (archive footage))

Cohen Collects a Debt

The New Neighbor

The Beating He Needed

(Girl)

Pedro's Dilemma

(Girl)

The Ambitious Butler

The Flirting Husband

(Mrs. Smith)

Mabel's Lovers

(Mabel)

A Desperate Lover

At It Again

(Mrs. Smith)

The Rivals

(Mabel)

A Temperamental Husband

(wife)

Mr. Fixit

(Mabel)

The Deacon's Troubles

At Coney Island

(his girl)

Pat's Day Off

(Bridget, His Wife)

A Healthy Neighborhood

Fatty's Wine Party

(The Girl)

The Venus Model

(Kitty O'Brien)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

((archive footage))

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

(Self (archive footage))

Looking for Mabel Normand

(Self (archive footage))

The Making of a Man

(In Second Audience)

When Doctors Disagree

(Millie Martin)

Back to the Woods

(Stephanie Trent)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

(Self (archive footage))

The Women Who Run Hollywood

(Self (archive footage))

Her Awakening

(The Daughter)

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco

(Herself)

Mabel’s Adventures

(Mabel)

Mabel's New Job

(Mabel)

A Double Wedding

(Undetermined Role)

Hot Stuff

(Hank's Sweetheart)

Wilful Peggy

(Maid)

Picciola; or, The Prison Flower

(Theresa Girhardi)

When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins

(Mabel, Jack's Wife)

Brown’s Séance

(Mrs. Brown)

Their Social Splash

The Strategy of Ann

The Subduing of Mrs. Nag

(Miss Prue, the Stenographer)

His Mother

(Donald's Fiancee)

How Betty Won the School

(Betty's Rival)

Two Overcoats

Jinx

(The Jinx)

Betty Becomes a Maid

(Betty)

The Diving Girl

(The Niece)

Dead Man’s Honor

(Helen)

The Deacon Outwitted

The Unveiling

(The Showgirl)

Why He Gave Up

(The Wife)

Italian Blood

Through His Wife’s Picture

(Wifey)

A Victim of Circumstance

The Foreman of the Jury

(Mabel)

For Lizzie's Sake

(Lizzie)

He Must Have a Wife

(The Girl)

The Diamond Star

(Guest at Dinner Party)

Mr. Grouch at the Seashore

(Undetermined Secondary Role)

The Inventor’s Secret

The Bowling Match

(Mabel)

The Fatal Chocolate

(The City Girl)

The New Baby

(The Wife)

When Kings Were the Law

(At Court (Uncredited))

Father’s Choice

(Mabel)

The Cure That Failed

Her New Beau

(Mabel)

Hubby’s Job

(Wifey)

Heinze’s Resurrection

(Uncredited / Unconfirmed)

The Hansom Driver

(Mabel)

Just Brown’s Luck

(Mrs. Brown)

Love Sickness at Sea

(Mabel)

Love and Pain

The Sleuths at the Floral Parade

(The Woman)

Those Good Old Days

(The Peasant Girl)

Indiscretions of Betty

Mabel’s Awful Mistakes

(Mabel)

Over the Garden Wall

Drummer’s Vacation

A Family Mixup

(A Wife)

The Duel

(Mabel)

Baby Day

A Midnight Elopement

(Sally Rice)

Oh, Mabel Behave

(The Innkeeper's Daughter)

The Sea Nymphs

(Mabel)

My Valet

(Mabel Stebbins)

The Changing of Silas Warner

(The Son's Wife)

The Battle of Who Run

(Mack's Girl)

Foiling Fickle Father

(Mabel)

Love and Gasoline

The Doctored Affair

(Tillie)

The Mistaken Masher

(Mabel - George's Girl)

Mabel’s Heroes

(Mabel)

Red Hot Romance

(Señorita)

Saving Mabel’s Dad

(Mabel)

The Rube and the Baron

(Mabel)

Mabel’s Bear Escape

(Mabel)

The Pest

(Jigs)

One Hour Married

Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair

(Mabel)

Mabel’s Latest Prank

(Mabel)

A Missing Bride

(Unconfirmed role)

Mabel’s Nerve

(Mabel)

Mack at It Again

(Mabel)

Stolen Magic

(The Friend's Wife)

Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand

(Italian Girl)

Dodging a Million

(Arabella Flynn)

Joan of Plattsburg

(Joan)

Where Hazel Met the Villain

Lovers' Post Office

His Chum the Baron

(Party Girl)

The Champion

(Mabel)

Bright Lights

(Mabel)

How Hiram Won Out

(Sallie)

A Tangled Affair

(Mabel)

The Speed Queen

(Nellie)

At Twelve O’Clock

(Mabel)

The Alarm

A Gambling Rube

(Unconfimed role)

A Glimpse of Los Angeles

Zuzu, the Band Leader

(Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer)

Down Memory Lane

((archive footage))