Mabel Normand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1893
- Died
- February 23, 1930
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty 2020
as archive footage
The Women Who Run Hollywood 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand 2015
as Self (archive footage)
- The Parrott Chase
The Parrott Chase 2009
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema 2007
as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists 1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle 1992
as (archive footage)
- Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files 1992
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies 1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter 1961
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King 1960
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All in Good Fun 1955
as Archive Footage
Down Memory Lane 1949
as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments 1943
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942
as Self (archive footage)
Stars of Yesterday 1931
as Self
One Hour Married 1927
Actor
Should Men Walk Home? 1927
as The Girl Bandit
Anything Once! 1927
as The Little Girl
The Nickel-Hopper 1926
as Paddy
Raggedy Rose 1926
as Raggedy Rose
The Extra Girl 1923
as Sue Graham
Suzanna 1923
as Suzanna
Seeing Stars 1922
as Self
Oh, Mabel Behave 1922
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
Head Over Heels 1922
as Tina
Molly O' 1921
as Molly O'Dair
What Happened To Rosa 1920
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
The Slim Princess 1920
as Kalora
Pinto 1920
as Pinto
Jinx 1919
as The Jinx
Upstairs 1919
as Elsie MacFarland
When Doctors Disagree 1919
as Millie Martin
The Pest 1919
as Jigs
Sis Hopkins 1919
as Sis Hopkins
A Perfect 36 1918
as Mabel
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand 1918
as Italian Girl
Peck's Bad Girl 1918
as Minnie Penelope Peck
Mickey 1918
as Mickey, Producer
Back to the Woods 1918
as Stephanie Trent
The Venus Model 1918
as Kitty O'Brien
The Floor Below 1918
as Patricia O'Rourke
Joan of Plattsburg 1918
as Joan
Dodging a Million 1918
as Arabella Flynn
Bright Lights 1916
as Mabel
He Did and He Didn’t 1916
as The Doctor's Wife
Fatty and Mabel Adrift 1916
as Mabel
Stolen Magic 1915
as The Friend's Wife
My Valet 1915
as Mabel Stebbins
The Little Teacher 1915
as The Little Teacher
Mabel Lost and Won 1915
as Mabel, Director
Mabel’s Wilful Way 1915
as Mabel
Their Social Splash 1915
Actor
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco 1915
as Herself, Director
Wished on Mabel 1915
as Mabel
That Little Band Of Gold 1915
as Mabel - the Wife
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life 1915
as Mabel
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition 1915
as Mabel
Mabel, Fatty and the Law 1915
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life 1915
as Mabel
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day 1915
as Mabel
Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914
as Mabel
Getting Acquainted 1914
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
- The Sea Nymphs
The Sea Nymphs 1914
as Mabel
- Fatty's Wine Party
Fatty's Wine Party 1914
as The Girl
His Trysting Places 1914
as Mabel, The Wife
- Lovers' Post Office
Lovers' Post Office 1914
Actor
Gentlemen of Nerve 1914
as Mabel
Hello, Mabel 1914
as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
Mabel's Blunder 1914
as Mabel, Director, Writer
- Mabel’s Latest Prank
Mabel’s Latest Prank 1914
as Mabel
The Masquerader 1914
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
Those Country Kids 1914
as Mabel
- Mabel's New Job
Mabel's New Job 1914
as Mabel
Mabel's Married Life 1914
as Mabel, Writer
- A Missing Bride
A Missing Bride 1914
as Unconfirmed role
- A Gambling Rube
A Gambling Rube 1914
as Unconfimed role
Mabel's Busy Day 1914
as Mabel, Writer, Director
Her Friend the Bandit 1914
as Mabel
The Fatal Mallet 1914
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
The Alarm 1914
Actor
- Mabel’s Nerve
Mabel’s Nerve 1914
as Mabel, Director
Caught in a Cabaret 1914
as Mabel, Writer, Director
- Where Hazel Met the Villain
Where Hazel Met the Villain 1914
Actor
Mabel at the Wheel 1914
as Mabel, Director
- Mack at It Again
Mack at It Again 1914
as Mabel
A Film Johnnie 1914
as Mabel
- Love and Gasoline
Love and Gasoline 1914
Actor, Director
Mabel's Strange Predicament 1914
as Mabel, Director
- Mabel’s Bear Escape
Mabel’s Bear Escape 1914
as Mabel, Director
Won in a Closet 1914
as Mabel, Writer, Director
- Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair 1914
as Mabel, Director
- A Glimpse of Los Angeles
A Glimpse of Los Angeles 1914
Actor
- A Misplaced Foot
A Misplaced Foot 1914
as Mabel
- Fatty's Wild Night
Fatty's Wild Night 1914
Actor
- The Champion
The Champion 1913
as Mabel
- Zuzu, the Band Leader
Zuzu, the Band Leader 1913
as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
- Fatty's Flirtation
Fatty's Flirtation 1913
as Mabel
The Gusher 1913
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Cohen Saves the Flag 1913
as Mabel
A Muddy Romance 1913
as Mabel
- Love Sickness at Sea
Love Sickness at Sea 1913
as Mabel
The Speed Kings 1913
as Mabel
- A Healthy Neighborhood
A Healthy Neighborhood 1913
Actor
- The Bowling Match
The Bowling Match 1913
as Mabel
- When Dreams Come True
When Dreams Come True 1913
as The Peddler's Wife
The Fatal Taxicab 1913
as Mabel
The Gypsy Queen 1913
as The Gypsy Queen
Mabel's Dramatic Career 1913
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Mabel's New Hero 1913
as Mabel
- Baby Day
Baby Day 1913
Actor
The Riot 1913
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
- Professor Bean's Removal
Professor Bean's Removal 1913
as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
- Love and Courage
Love and Courage 1913
as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
A Noise from the Deep 1913
as Mabel
- The Telltale Light
The Telltale Light 1913
as Mabel
For the Love of Mabel 1913
as Mabel
The Waiters' Picnic 1913
as Mabel - the Cashier
- The Speed Queen
The Speed Queen 1913
as Nellie
- The Hansom Driver
The Hansom Driver 1913
as Mabel
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life 1913
as Mabel
- The Foreman of the Jury
The Foreman of the Jury 1913
as Mabel
- Hubby’s Job
Hubby’s Job 1913
as Wifey
- Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes 1913
as Mabel
A Little Hero 1913
Actor
The Ragtime Band 1913
as Mabel
- His Chum the Baron
His Chum the Baron 1913
as Party Girl
Bangville Police 1913
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
- Father’s Choice
Father’s Choice 1913
as Mabel
- Those Good Old Days
Those Good Old Days 1913
as The Peasant Girl
Hide and Seek 1913
as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
- Her New Beau
Her New Beau 1913
as Mabel
On His Wedding Day 1913
as Wedding Guest
- At Twelve O’Clock
At Twelve O’Clock 1913
as Mabel
- The Rube and the Baron
The Rube and the Baron 1913
as Mabel
Near To Earth 1913
Actor
- Love and Pain
Love and Pain 1913
as Mabel
- Foiling Fickle Father
Foiling Fickle Father 1913
as Mabel
A Strong Revenge 1913
as Mabel
- The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade 1913
as The Woman
- Red Hot Romance
Red Hot Romance 1913
as Señorita
- The Doctored Affair
The Doctored Affair 1913
as Tillie
- A Tangled Affair
A Tangled Affair 1913
as Mabel
- Heinze’s Resurrection
Heinze’s Resurrection 1913
as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
- Mabel’s Heroes
Mabel’s Heroes 1913
as Mabel
- The Battle of Who Run
The Battle of Who Run 1913
as Mack's Girl
- Just Brown’s Luck
Just Brown’s Luck 1913
as Mrs. Brown
The Mistaken Masher 1913
as Mabel - George's Girl
- The Deacon Outwitted
The Deacon Outwitted 1913
Actor
- For Lizzie's Sake
For Lizzie's Sake 1913
as Lizzie
- How Hiram Won Out
How Hiram Won Out 1913
as Sallie
- The Cure That Failed
The Cure That Failed 1913
as Mabel
- Saving Mabel’s Dad
Saving Mabel’s Dad 1913
as Mabel
- A Double Wedding
A Double Wedding 1913
as Undetermined Role
- The Duel
The Duel 1912
as Mabel
Mabel's Stratagem 1912
as Mabel
- Drummer’s Vacation
Drummer’s Vacation 1912
Actor
Mabel’s Adventures 1912
as Mabel
- A Midnight Elopement
A Midnight Elopement 1912
as Sally Rice
- A Family Mixup
A Family Mixup 1912
as A Wife
- Brown’s Séance
Brown’s Séance 1912
as Mrs. Brown
Pat's Day Off 1912
as Bridget, His Wife
- A Desperate Lover
A Desperate Lover 1912
Actor
- The Rivals
The Rivals 1912
as Mabel
- Mr. Fixit
Mr. Fixit 1912
as Mabel
- A Temperamental Husband
A Temperamental Husband 1912
as wife
- The Deacon's Troubles
The Deacon's Troubles 1912
Actor
- At It Again
At It Again 1912
as Mrs. Smith
Mabel's Lovers 1912
as Mabel
At Coney Island 1912
as The Girl
- The Ambitious Butler
The Ambitious Butler 1912
Actor
- The Flirting Husband
The Flirting Husband 1912
as Mrs. Smith
- The Beating He Needed
The Beating He Needed 1912
as Girl
- Pedro's Dilemma
Pedro's Dilemma 1912
as Girl
The New Neighbor 1912
Actor
Riley and Schultze 1912
Actor
Cohen Collects a Debt 1912
Actor
The Water Nymph 1912
as Diving Venus
- He Must Have a Wife
He Must Have a Wife 1912
as The Girl
- Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore 1912
as Undetermined Secondary Role
An Interrupted Elopement 1912
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit 1912
as The Heiress, Writer
The Tourists 1912
as Trixie - a Tourist
What the Doctor Ordered 1912
as Jenks' Daughter
- The New Baby
The New Baby 1912
as The Wife
A Dash Through the Clouds 1912
as Josephine
Katchem Kate 1912
as Katchem Kate
Neighbors 1912
as First French Family, the Wife
Tomboy Bessie 1912
as Tomboy Bessie
Helen's Marriage 1912
as Helen
- When Kings Were the Law
When Kings Were the Law 1912
as At Court (Uncredited)
The Furs 1912
as The Wife
The Fickle Spaniard 1912
as Marcelle
The Brave Hunter 1912
as The Woman
Help! Help! 1912
as Mrs. Suburbanite
Oh, Those Eyes! 1912
as Gladys
Hot Stuff 1912
as Hank's Sweetheart
- A Voice from the Deep
A Voice from the Deep 1912
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
A Spanish Dilemma 1912
as The Señorita
The Engagement Ring 1912
as Alice, Writer
- The Fatal Chocolate
The Fatal Chocolate 1912
as The City Girl
The Mender of Nets 1912
as The Net Mender's rival
The Eternal Mother 1912
as Mary, the Woman
Saved from Himself 1911
as The Stenographer
- Why He Gave Up
Why He Gave Up 1911
as The Wife
- A Victim of Circumstance
A Victim of Circumstance 1911
Actor
- The Inventor’s Secret
The Inventor’s Secret 1911
Actor
- Through His Wife’s Picture
Through His Wife’s Picture 1911
as Wifey
- The Unveiling
The Unveiling 1911
as The Showgirl
- Italian Blood
Italian Blood 1911
Actor
The Making of a Man 1911
as In Second Audience
Her Awakening 1911
as The Daughter
The Revenue Man and His Girl 1911
Actor
The Squaw's Love 1911
as Wild Flower
The Baron 1911
as The Heiress
- How Betty Won the School
How Betty Won the School 1911
as Betty's Rival
The Diving Girl 1911
as The Niece
Troublesome Secretaries 1911
as Betty Harding
- The Strategy of Ann
The Strategy of Ann 1911
Actor
- The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag 1911
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
- Two Overcoats
Two Overcoats 1911
Actor
- The Changing of Silas Warner
The Changing of Silas Warner 1911
as The Son's Wife
- Dead Man’s Honor
Dead Man’s Honor 1911
as Helen
- When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins 1911
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
- His Mother
His Mother 1911
as Donald's Fiancee
- Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower 1911
as Theresa Girhardi
Betty Becomes a Maid 1911
as Betty
- The Diamond Star
The Diamond Star 1911
as Guest at Dinner Party
A Tale of Two Cities 1911
Actor
Wilful Peggy 1910
as Maid
- Over the Garden Wall
Over the Garden Wall 1910
Actor
The Indiscretions of Betty 1910
Actor
Credits from TMDB.