Norma Talmadge
Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.
| Full name at birth | Norma Marie Talmadge
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| Claim to fame | Du Barry, Woman of Passion
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| Date of birth | 2 May 1894
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| Place of birth | Jersey City, NJ, USA
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| Date of death | 24 December 1957
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| Age | 63 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Las Vegas, NV, USA
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| Cause of death | Pneumonia
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| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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| Occupation | Actress, producer
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| High school | Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, NY
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- Like her sisters, her grave marker gives a false date of birth (1897).
- Daughter of Margaret Talmadge, the prototypical Hollywood stage mother.
- In 1927, Norma and her sisters opened the Talmadge Park real estate development in San Diego, California, USA. Now known as the Talmadge district, the development contains streets named for each of the sisters. It is located about one mile southwest of the San Diego State University campus.
- Sister of Natalie Talmadge & Constance Talmadge.
- Another street, Norma Place in West Hollywood, California, is also named for her. The street was originally an easement road that led to the entrance of a tiny studio Norma's husband, Joseph M. Schenck, built for her when she joined his company, First National, in 1919. The studio was used solely to produce movies made by Norma's and Constance's production companies. It was abandoned in 1926 when the production company owned by Norma and her sister Constance Talmadge moved to First National's new home, the Burbank Studios (now home to Warner Brothers). The studio, too small to be properly converted to sound production, was torn down in the 1930s. Norma Place was lengthened, making it a through street, and houses were built where the old studio once stood. Dorothy Parker and her husband, Alan Campbell, lived on Norma Place for most of the years they worked in Hollywood.
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