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