Mabel Normand
Born
November 9, 1893
Died
February 23, 1930 (36 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
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
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
2015
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
1998
The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)
1992
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
1960
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
1955
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
1949
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Stars of Yesterday
Self
1931
One Hour Married
1927
Should Men Walk Home?
The Girl Bandit
1927
Anything Once!
The Little Girl
1927
The Nickel-Hopper
Paddy
1926
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
1926
The Extra Girl
Sue Graham
1923
Suzanna
Suzanna
1923
Seeing Stars
Self
1922
Oh, Mabel Behave
The Innkeeper's Daughter
1922
Head Over Heels
Tina
1922
Molly O'
Molly O'Dair
1921
What Happened To Rosa
Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
1920
The Slim Princess
Kalora
1920
Pinto
Pinto
1920
Jinx
The Jinx
1919
Upstairs
Elsie MacFarland
1919
When Doctors Disagree
Millie Martin
1919
The Pest
Jigs
1919
Sis Hopkins
Sis Hopkins
1919
A Perfect 36
Mabel
1918
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Italian Girl
1918
Peck's Bad Girl
Minnie Penelope Peck
1918
Mickey
Mickey
1918
Back to the Woods
Stephanie Trent
1918
The Venus Model
Kitty O'Brien
1918
The Floor Below
Patricia O'Rourke
1918
Joan of Plattsburg
Joan
1918
Dodging a Million
Arabella Flynn
1918
Bright Lights
Mabel
1916
He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor's Wife
1916
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Mabel
1916
Stolen Magic
The Friend's Wife
1915
My Valet
Mabel Stebbins
1915
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
1915
Mabel Lost and Won
Mabel
1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel
1915
Their Social Splash
1915
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Herself
1915
Wished on Mabel
Mabel
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
Mabel - the Wife
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Mabel
1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Mabel
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Mabel - Fatty's Wife
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Mabel
1915
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Mabel
1914
Getting Acquainted
Ambrose's Wife Mabel
1914
The Sea Nymphs
Mabel
1914
Fatty's Wine Party
The Girl
1914
His Trysting Places
Mabel, The Wife
1914
Lovers' Post Office
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mabel
1914
Hello, Mabel
Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
1914
Mabel's Blunder
Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Latest Prank
Mabel
1914
The Masquerader
Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
1914
Those Country Kids
Mabel
1914
Mabel's New Job
Mabel
1914
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel
1914
A Missing Bride
Unconfirmed role
1914
A Gambling Rube
Unconfimed role
1914
Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel
1914
Her Friend the Bandit
Mabel
1914
The Fatal Mallet
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
1914
The Alarm
1914
Mabel’s Nerve
Mabel
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Mabel
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel
1914
Mack at It Again
Mabel
1914
A Film Johnnie
Self (uncredited)
1914
Love and Gasoline
1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Bear Escape
Mabel
1914
Won in a Closet
Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Mabel
1914
Fatty's Wild Night
1914
A Misplaced Foot
Mabel
1914
A Glimpse of Los Angeles
1914
The Champion
Mabel
1913
Zuzu, the Band Leader
Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
1913
Fatty's Flirtation
Mabel
1913
The Gusher
Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
1913
Cohen Saves the Flag
Mabel
1913
A Muddy Romance
Mabel
1913
Love Sickness at Sea
Mabel
1913
The Speed Kings
Mabel
1913
A Healthy Neighborhood
1913
The Bowling Match
Mabel
1913
When Dreams Come True
The Peddler's Wife
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel
1913
The Gypsy Queen
The Gypsy Queen
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
1913
Mabel's New Hero
Mabel
1913
Baby Day
1913
The Riot
Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
1913
Professor Bean's Removal
Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
1913
Love and Courage
The Country Boy's Sweetheart
1913
A Noise from the Deep
Mabel
1913
The Telltale Light
Mabel
1913
For the Love of Mabel
Mabel
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
Mabel - the Cashier
1913
The Speed Queen
Nellie
1913
The Hansom Driver
Mabel
1913
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Mabel
1913
The Foreman of the Jury
Mabel
1913
Hubby’s Job
Wifey
1913
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Mabel
1913
A Little Hero
1913
The Ragtime Band
Mabel
1913
His Chum the Baron
Party Girl
1913
Bangville Police
Della, the Farmer's Daughter
1913
Father’s Choice
Mabel
1913
Those Good Old Days
The Peasant Girl
1913
Hide and Seek
Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
1913
On His Wedding Day
Wedding Guest
1913
Her New Beau
Mabel
1913
At Twelve O’Clock
Mabel
1913
Near To Earth
1913
The Rube and the Baron
Mabel
1913
Love and Pain
Mabel
1913
Foiling Fickle Father
Mabel
1913
A Strong Revenge
Mabel
1913
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
The Woman
1913
The Doctored Affair
Tillie
1913
Red Hot Romance
Señorita
1913
A Tangled Affair
Mabel
1913
Heinze’s Resurrection
Uncredited / Unconfirmed
1913
Mabel’s Heroes
Mabel
1913
The Battle of Who Run
Mack's Girl
1913
Just Brown’s Luck
Mrs. Brown
1913
The Deacon Outwitted
1913
The Mistaken Masher
Mabel - George's Girl
1913
For Lizzie's Sake
Lizzie
1913
The Cure That Failed
Mabel
1913
How Hiram Won Out
Sallie
1913
A Double Wedding
Undetermined Role
1913
Saving Mabel’s Dad
Mabel
1913
The Duel
Mabel
1912
Mabel's Stratagem
Mabel
1912
Drummer’s Vacation
1912
Mabel’s Adventures
Mabel
1912
A Family Mixup
A Wife
1912
A Midnight Elopement
Sally Rice
1912
Pat's Day Off
Bridget, His Wife
1912
Brown’s Séance
Mrs. Brown
1912
A Desperate Lover
1912
The Rivals
Mabel
1912
Mr. Fixit
Mabel
1912
The Deacon's Troubles
1912
A Temperamental Husband
wife
1912
Mabel's Lovers
Mabel
1912
At It Again
Mrs. Smith
1912
At Coney Island
his girl
1912
The Ambitious Butler
1912
The Flirting Husband
Mrs. Smith
1912
The Beating He Needed
Girl
1912
Pedro's Dilemma
Girl
1912
Riley and Schultze
1912
The New Neighbor
1912
The Water Nymph
Diving Venus
1912
Cohen Collects a Debt
1912
He Must Have a Wife
The Girl
1912
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Undetermined Secondary Role
1912
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
The Heiress
1912
An Interrupted Elopement
Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
1912
What the Doctor Ordered
Jenks' Daughter
1912
The Tourists
Trixie - a Tourist
1912
A Dash Through the Clouds
Josephine
1912
The New Baby
The Wife
1912
Neighbors
First French Family, the Wife
1912
Katchem Kate
Katchem Kate
1912
Tomboy Bessie
Tomboy Bessie
1912
Helen's Marriage
Helen
1912
When Kings Were the Law
At Court (Uncredited)
1912
The Furs
The Wife
1912
The Fickle Spaniard
Marcelle
1912
The Brave Hunter
The Woman
1912
Help! Help!
Mrs. Suburbanite
1912
Oh, Those Eyes
Gladys
1912
A Voice from the Deep
Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1912
Hot Stuff
Hank's Sweetheart
1912
The Engagement Ring
Alice
1912
A Spanish Dilemma
The Señorita
1912
The Fatal Chocolate
The City Girl
1912
The Mender of Nets
The Net Mender's rival
1912
The Eternal Mother
Mary, the Woman
1912
Saved from Himself
The Stenographer
1911
Why He Gave Up
The Wife
1911
A Victim of Circumstance
1911
Through His Wife’s Picture
Wifey
1911
The Inventor’s Secret
1911
The Unveiling
The Showgirl
1911
Italian Blood
1911
The Making of a Man
In Second Audience
1911
Her Awakening
The Daughter
1911
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911
The Squaw's Love
Wild Flower
1911
The Baron
The Heiress
1911
How Betty Won the School
Betty's Rival
1911
The Diving Girl
The Niece
1911
Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
Betty Harding
1911
The Strategy of Ann
1911
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Miss Prue, the Stenographer
1911
Two Overcoats
1911
The Changing of Silas Warner
The Son's Wife
1911
Dead Man’s Honor
Helen
1911
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Mabel, Jack's Wife
1911
His Mother
Donald's Fiancee
1911
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
Theresa Girhardi
1911
Betty Becomes a Maid
Betty
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
The Diamond Star
Guest at Dinner Party
1911
Wilful Peggy
Maid
1910
Over the Garden Wall
1910
Indiscretions of Betty
1910