Mabel Normand
1893-11-09 ( 131 years old ) in 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.

Movies

Anything Once! 1927-01-02
Raggedy Rose 1926-11-06
The Extra Girl 1923-10-28
Suzanna 1923-02-16
Seeing Stars 1922-10-29
Molly O' 1921-11-19
Pinto 1920-01-10
Jinx 1919-12-13
Upstairs 1919-08-03
The Pest 1919-04-20
Sis Hopkins 1919-03-02
A Perfect 36 1918-10-20
Mickey 1918-08-01
Bright Lights 1916-02-20
Stolen Magic 1915-11-28
My Valet 1915-11-07
The Sea Nymphs 1914-11-23
Hello, Mabel 1914-10-08
The Alarm 1914-05-28
A Film Johnnie 1914-03-02
The Champion 1913-12-27
The Gusher 1913-12-14
Baby Day 1913-08-25
The Riot 1913-08-07
Hubby’s Job 1913-05-19
A Little Hero 1913-05-07
Hide and Seek 1913-04-03
Her New Beau 1913-03-31
Near To Earth 1913-03-20
Love and Pain 1913-03-17
The Duel 1912-12-30
A Family Mixup 1912-12-09
Pat's Day Off 1912-12-02
Mr. Fixit 1912-11-18
The Rivals 1912-11-18
Mabel's Lovers 1912-11-04
At It Again 1912-11-04
The Tourists 1912-08-04
The New Baby 1912-06-24
Neighbors 1912-06-12
Katchem Kate 1912-06-12
Tomboy Bessie 1912-06-02
The Furs 1912-05-12
Help! Help! 1912-04-10
Oh, Those Eyes 1912-04-01
Hot Stuff 1912-03-21
Why He Gave Up 1911-12-04
The Unveiling 1911-10-16
Italian Blood 1911-10-09
Her Awakening 1911-09-28
The Baron 1911-08-30
Two Overcoats 1911-06-24
His Mother 1911-05-09
Wilful Peggy 1910-08-24