Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress.

She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of Fred and Margaret (Peg) Talmage. Her younger sisters were Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge.

Norma began her career as a model for illustrated slides. Her mother, Peg, encouraged her to become a movie actress. She had her first cinema success in the small role of the seamstress in the silent movie A Tale of Two Cities (1911).

She married influential movie executive Joseph Schenck, who set his wife up with her own production company. After filming the notorious DuBarry, Woman of Passion (1930), Norma Talmadge retired a wealthy woman.

She died in Las Vegas, Nevada at age sixty-four.

Filmography

• Voice from the Minaret (1923)
• Within the Law (1923)
• The Only Woman (1924)
• In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
• Secrets (1924)
• The Lady (1925)
• Graustark (1925)
• Kiki (1926)
• Dove (1927)
• Camille (1927)
• Show People (1928)
• Woman Disputed (1928)
• New York Nights (1929)
• Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)

External link

• IMDb entry for Norma Talmadge (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848232/)