Mabel Normand
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1893-11-09
Day of Death
1930-02-23 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, USA
Mabel Normand
Biography
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
Acting
(2016)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
(1961)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
(1955)
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
(1949)
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
(1943)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
(1942)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1931)
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
(1927)
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Girl Bandit
(1927)
(1927)
Anything Once!
as The Little Girl
(1926)
The Nickel-Hopper
as Paddy
(1926)
Raggedy Rose
as Raggedy Rose
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Sue Graham
(1923)
Suzanna
as Suzanna
(1922)
Seeing Stars
as Self
(1922)
Head Over Heels
as Tina
(1922)
Oh, Mabel Behave
as The Innkeeper's Daughter
(1921)
Molly O'
as Molly O'Dair
(1920)
What Happened To Rosa
as Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
(1920)
Pinto
as Pinto
(1920)
The Slim Princess
as Kalora
(1919)
Jinx
as The Jinx
(1919)
Upstairs
as Elsie MacFarland
(1919)
The Pest
as Jigs
(1919)
When Doctors Disagree
as Millie Martin
(1919)
Sis Hopkins
as Sis Hopkins
(1918)
Dodging a Million
as Arabella Flynn
(1918)
Joan of Plattsburg
as Joan
(1918)
The Venus Model
as Kitty O'Brien
(1918)
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
as Italian Girl
(1918)
Mickey
as Mickey
(1918)
Peck's Bad Girl
as Minnie Penelope Peck
(1918)
Back to the Woods
as Stephanie Trent
(1918)
A Perfect 36
as Mabel
(1918)
The Floor Below
as Patricia O'Rourke
(1916)
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor's Wife
(1916)
Bright Lights
as Mabel
(1916)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Mabel
(1915)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Mabel - the Wife
(1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Mabel - Fatty's Wife
(1915)
Wished on Mabel
as Mabel
(1915)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Mabel
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Mabel
(1915)
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
(1915)
My Valet
as Mabel Stebbins
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Mabel
(1915)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Mabel
(1915)
Stolen Magic
as The Friend's Wife
(1915)
(1915)
Mabel Lost and Won
as Mabel
(1914)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Mabel
(1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Mabel
(1914)
His Trysting Places
as Mabel, The Wife
(1914)
Mabel's Busy Day
as Mabel
(1914)
Mabel's Strange Predicament
as Mabel
(1914)
The Fatal Mallet
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
(1914)
Getting Acquainted
as Ambrose's Wife Mabel
(1914)
A Film Johnnie
as Self (uncredited)
(1914)
Mabel at the Wheel
as Mabel
(1914)
Mabel's Married Life
as Mabel
(1914)
The Masquerader
as Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
(1914)
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Mabel
(1914)
Mabel's Blunder
as Mabel
(1914)
Won in a Closet
as Mabel
(1914)
A Gambling Rube
as Unconfimed role
(1914)
Those Country Kids
as Mabel
(1914)
Her Friend the Bandit
as Mabel
(1914)
Hello, Mabel
as Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
(1914)
(1914)
Mabel’s Latest Prank
as Mabel
(1914)
(1914)
Mabel’s Bear Escape
as Mabel
(1914)
(1914)
A Misplaced Foot
as Mabel
(1914)
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
as Mabel
(1914)
Mack at It Again
as Mabel
(1914)
The Sea Nymphs
as Mabel
(1914)
Mabel's New Job
as Mabel
(1914)
Mabel’s Nerve
as Mabel
(1914)
(1914)
A Missing Bride
as Unconfirmed role
(1914)
(1914)
Fatty's Wine Party
as The Girl
(1914)
(1913)
On His Wedding Day
as Wedding Guest
(1913)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
(1913)
Bangville Police
as Della, the Farmer's Daughter
(1913)
The Gusher
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
(1913)
A Muddy Romance
as Mabel
(1913)
(1913)
The Speed Kings
as Mabel
(1913)
The Waiters' Picnic
as Mabel - the Cashier
(1913)
Mabel's New Hero
as Mabel
(1913)
(1913)
The Foreman of the Jury
as Mabel
(1913)
When Dreams Come True
as The Peddler's Wife
(1913)
The Battle of Who Run
as Mack's Girl
(1913)
His Chum the Baron
as Party Girl
(1913)
The Doctored Affair
as Tillie
(1913)
(1913)
The Fatal Taxicab
as Mabel
(1913)
Father’s Choice
as Mabel
(1913)
The Riot
as Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
(1913)
Just Brown’s Luck
as Mrs. Brown
(1913)
(1913)
The Ragtime Band
as Mabel
(1913)
Those Good Old Days
as The Peasant Girl
(1913)
Love and Courage
as The Country Boy's Sweetheart
(1913)
For the Love of Mabel
as Mabel
(1913)
A Tangled Affair
as Mabel
(1913)
Heinze’s Resurrection
as Uncredited / Unconfirmed
(1913)
Saving Mabel’s Dad
as Mabel
(1913)
The Mistaken Masher
as Mabel - George's Girl
(1913)
A Noise from the Deep
as Mabel
(1913)
The Cure That Failed
as Mabel
(1913)
Foiling Fickle Father
as Mabel
(1913)
Hubby’s Job
as Wifey
(1913)
Love Sickness at Sea
as Mabel
(1913)
(1913)
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
as Mabel
(1913)
Red Hot Romance
as Señorita
(1913)
Fatty's Flirtation
as Mabel
(1913)
Professor Bean's Removal
as Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
(1913)
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
(1913)
The Gypsy Queen
as The Gypsy Queen
(1913)
A Strong Revenge
as Mabel
(1913)
The Hansom Driver
as Mabel
(1913)
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
as The Woman
(1913)
Hide and Seek
as Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
(1913)
Cohen Saves the Flag
as Mabel
(1913)
For Lizzie's Sake
as Lizzie
(1913)
The Bowling Match
as Mabel
(1913)
A Double Wedding
as Undetermined Role
(1913)
(1913)
The Speed Queen
as Nellie
(1913)
How Hiram Won Out
as Sallie
(1913)
Love and Pain
as Mabel
(1913)
The Champion
as Mabel
(1913)
The Telltale Light
as Mabel
(1913)
Her New Beau
as Mabel
(1913)
The Rube and the Baron
as Mabel
(1913)
At Twelve O’Clock
as Mabel
(1913)
Mabel’s Heroes
as Mabel
(1912)
A Dash Through the Clouds
as Josephine
(1912)
The Tourists
as Trixie - a Tourist
(1912)
A Midnight Elopement
as Sally Rice
(1912)
Mabel's Stratagem
as Mabel
(1912)
Help! Help!
as Mrs. Suburbanite
(1912)
The Water Nymph
as Diving Venus
(1912)
At It Again
as Mrs. Smith
(1912)
An Interrupted Elopement
as Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
(1912)
The Mender of Nets
as The Net Mender's rival
(1912)
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
as The Heiress
(1912)
Mr. Fixit
as Mabel
(1912)
A Temperamental Husband
as wife
(1912)
The Engagement Ring
as Alice
(1912)
Pedro's Dilemma
as Girl
(1912)
(1912)
A Voice from the Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1912)
The Eternal Mother
as Mary, the Woman
(1912)
Hot Stuff
as Hank's Sweetheart
(1912)
The Rivals
as Mabel
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
Tomboy Bessie
as Tomboy Bessie
(1912)
When Kings Were the Law
as At Court (Uncredited)
(1912)
The Beating He Needed
as Girl
(1912)
At Coney Island
as his girl
(1912)
Mabel’s Adventures
as Mabel
(1912)
What the Doctor Ordered
as Jenks' Daughter
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
as Undetermined Secondary Role
(1912)
Katchem Kate
as Katchem Kate
(1912)
The Flirting Husband
as Mrs. Smith
(1912)
Mabel's Lovers
as Mabel
(1912)
The Furs
as The Wife
(1912)
The Fickle Spaniard
as Marcelle
(1912)
The New Baby
as The Wife
(1912)
Helen's Marriage
as Helen
(1912)
The Duel
as Mabel
(1912)
The Fatal Chocolate
as The City Girl
(1912)
Oh, Those Eyes
as Gladys
(1912)
A Family Mixup
as A Wife
(1912)
Neighbors
as First French Family, the Wife
(1912)
The Brave Hunter
as The Woman
(1912)
A Spanish Dilemma
as The Señorita
(1912)
(1912)
Brown’s Séance
as Mrs. Brown
(1912)
(1912)
Pat's Day Off
as Bridget, His Wife
(1912)
He Must Have a Wife
as The Girl
(1911)
(1911)
The Making of a Man
as In Second Audience
(1911)
The Baron
as The Heiress
(1911)
Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
as Betty Harding
(1911)
Saved from Himself
as The Stenographer
(1911)
The Unveiling
as The Showgirl
(1911)
The Diamond Star
as Guest at Dinner Party
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
Dead Man’s Honor
as Helen
(1911)
(1911)
The Squaw's Love
as Wild Flower
(1911)
The Changing of Silas Warner
as The Son's Wife
(1911)
How Betty Won the School
as Betty's Rival
(1911)
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
as Miss Prue, the Stenographer
(1911)
(1911)
Through His Wife’s Picture
as Wifey
(1911)
Betty Becomes a Maid
as Betty
(1911)
Her Awakening
as The Daughter
(1911)
When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
as Mabel, Jack's Wife
(1911)
Why He Gave Up
as The Wife
(1911)
His Mother
as Donald's Fiancee
(1911)
(1911)
The Diving Girl
as The Niece
(1911)
Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
as Theresa Girhardi
(1910)
Wilful Peggy
as Maid
(1910)
(1910)
Crew
(1918)
Mickey
Producer
(1915)
Mabel Lost and Won
Director
(1915)
(1914)
Mabel's Busy Day
Writer, Director
(1914)
Caught in a Cabaret
Writer, Director
(1914)
Won in a Closet
Writer, Director
(1914)
Mabel's Blunder
Director, Writer
(1914)
Mabel at the Wheel
Director
(1914)
Mabel's Married Life
Writer
(1914)
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Director
(1914)
Love and Gasoline
Director
(1914)
Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Director
(1914)
Mabel’s Nerve
Director
(1914)
Mabel’s Bear Escape
Director
(1912)
(1912)
The Engagement Ring
Writer