Cast & creator
Mabel Normand
Best known for Bright Lights, Caught in a Cabaret, Caught in a Cabaret
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.
Also known as: Mabel Ethelreid Normand, Mabel Normand-Cody, Muriel Fortescue, メーベル・ノーマンド
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1910–2020 · acting roles
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Filmography (252)
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Bright Lights
Mabel
1916
Caught in a Cabaret
Mabel
1914Caught in a Cabaret
Director
1914Caught in a Cabaret
Writer
1914
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
2020
The Alarm
1914
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Mender of Nets
The Net Mender's rival
1912
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Mabel
1914
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Sis Hopkins
Sis Hopkins
1919
Hello, Mabel
Mabel - the 'Hello' Girl
1914Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Won in a Closet
Mabel
1914Won in a Closet
Writer
1914Won in a Closet
Director
1914
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
1949
Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel
1914Mabel's Busy Day
Writer
1914Mabel's Busy Day
Director
1914
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel
1914Mabel's Strange Predicament
Director
1914
Troublesome Secretaries
Betty Harding
1911
The Masquerader
Actress Outside Studio (uncredited)
1914
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
1913
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel
1914Mabel's Married Life
Writer
1914Baby Day
1913
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel
1915
Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel
1914Mabel at the Wheel
Director
1914
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
2015
His Trysting Places
Mabel, The Wife
1914Fatty's Wine Party
The Girl
1914
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1943
Seeing Stars
Self
1922
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Mabel
1915When Kings Were the Law
At Court (Uncredited)
1912
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Mabel - Fatty's Wife
1915
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
1998
Mabel's Blunder
Mabel
1914Mabel's Blunder
Director
1914Mabel's Blunder
Writer
1914
He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor's Wife
1916
The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)
1992
Mabel Lost and Won
Mabel
1915Mabel Lost and Won
Director
1915
Should Men Walk Home?
The Girl Bandit
1927
Back to the Woods
Stephanie Trent
1918
On His Wedding Day
Wedding Guest
1913
Mabel's New Hero
Mabel
1913His Mother
Donald's Fiancee
1911The Parrott Chase
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
Katchem Kate
Katchem Kate
1912Mr. Fixit
Mabel
1912Mabel’s Latest Prank
Mabel
1914
Peck's Bad Girl
Minnie Penelope Peck
1918
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Mabel
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
Mabel - the Wife
1915
The Revenue Man and His Girl
1911
Those Country Kids
Mabel
1914
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel
1915
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mabel
1914
The Extra Girl
Sue Graham
1923
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Mabel
1916A Glimpse of Los Angeles
1914
A Noise from the Deep
Mabel
1913When Dreams Come True
The Peddler's Wife
1913
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
1955
A Film Johnnie
Mabel
1914The Beating He Needed
Girl
1912Love and Pain
Mabel
1913
The Squaw's Love
Wild Flower
1911
Her Friend the Bandit
Mabel
1914
A Dash Through the Clouds
Josephine
1912Mr. Grouch at the Seashore
Undetermined Secondary Role
1912
The Making of a Man
In Second Audience
1911
The Slim Princess
Kalora
1920Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Mabel
1913
Near To Earth
1913
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
Italian Girl
1918Mabel's New Job
Mabel
1914
What Happened To Rosa
Mayme Ladd / Rosa Alvaro
1920
Cohen Saves the Flag
Mabel
1913Just Brown’s Luck
Mrs. Brown
1913
Bangville Police
Della, the Farmer's Daughter
1913A Voice from the Deep
Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1912The Strategy of Ann
1911His Chum the Baron
Party Girl
1913
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Mabel
1913
The Fatal Mallet
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
1914
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Herself
1915Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Director
1915
The Ragtime Band
Mabel
1913Professor Bean's Removal
Mabel - Professor Bean's Daughter
1913
Head Over Heels
Tina
1922
Mickey
Mickey
1918Mickey
Producer
1918Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Mabel
1914Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair
Director
1914Dead Man’s Honor
Helen
1911Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914Love Sickness at Sea
Mabel
1913
For the Love of Mabel
Mabel
1913
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
The Heiress
1912The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
Writer
1912The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Miss Prue, the Stenographer
1911Over the Garden Wall
1910The Rube and the Baron
Mabel
1913The Champion
Mabel
1913A Victim of Circumstance
1911How Betty Won the School
Betty's Rival
1911Why He Gave Up
The Wife
1911The Deacon's Troubles
1912
What the Doctor Ordered
Jenks' Daughter
1912
The Venus Model
Kitty O'Brien
1918
Betty Becomes a Maid
Betty
1911
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Mabel
1915Through His Wife’s Picture
Wifey
1911The Doctored Affair
Tillie
1913
Getting Acquainted
Ambrose's Wife Mabel
1914The Cure That Failed
Mabel
1913The Inventor’s Secret
1911Foiling Fickle Father
Mabel
1913The Foreman of the Jury
Mabel
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
Mabel - the Cashier
1913Fatty's Flirtation
Mabel
1913
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
1926
Riley and Schultze
1912Saving Mabel’s Dad
Mabel
1913How Hiram Won Out
Sallie
1913For Lizzie's Sake
Lizzie
1913Zuzu, the Band Leader
Mabel - Zuzu's Admirer
1913
The Brave Hunter
The Woman
1912
The Speed Kings
Mabel
1913
Pat's Day Off
Bridget, His Wife
1912The Diamond Star
Guest at Dinner Party
1911
Helen's Marriage
Helen
1912The Changing of Silas Warner
The Son's Wife
1911Those Good Old Days
The Peasant Girl
1913
The Eternal Mother
Mary, the Woman
1912
Stars of Yesterday
Self
1931Cohen Collects a Debt
1912The Battle of Who Run
Mack's Girl
1913
Hide and Seek
Mabel Brown - the Boss's Daughter
1913
Mabel's Lovers
Mabel
1912Heinze’s Resurrection
Uncredited / Unconfirmed
1913
Wished on Mabel
Mabel
1915
A Muddy Romance
Mabel
1913
The Pest
Jigs
1919
Suzanna
Suzanna
1923He Must Have a Wife
The Girl
1912When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Mabel, Jack's Wife
1911
The Nickel-Hopper
Paddy
1926
The Mistaken Masher
Mabel - George's Girl
1913Lovers' Post Office
1914Mabel’s Nerve
Mabel
1914Mabel’s Nerve
Director
1914The Bowling Match
Mabel
1913Fatty's Wild Night
1914
A Strong Revenge
Mabel
1913
The Indiscretions of Betty
1910At Twelve O’Clock
Mabel
1913
A Little Hero
1913The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
The Woman
1913Mabel’s Bear Escape
Mabel
1914Mabel’s Bear Escape
Director
1914
The Floor Below
Patricia O'Rourke
1918A Double Wedding
Undetermined Role
1913Picciola; or, The Prison Flower
Theresa Girhardi
1911Mack at It Again
Mabel
1914The Ambitious Butler
1912
Mabel’s Adventures
Mabel
1912
One Hour Married
1927A Temperamental Husband
wife
1912
The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel
1913
Their Social Splash
1915
Wilful Peggy
Maid
1910
My Valet
Mabel Stebbins
1915
A Perfect 36
Mabel
1918Red Hot Romance
Señorita
1913The Sea Nymphs
Mabel
1914
The Riot
Mabel - Cohen's Daughter
1913
Oh, Mabel Behave
The Innkeeper's Daughter
1922
Joan of Plattsburg
Joan
1918
Jinx
The Jinx
1919A Family Mixup
A Wife
1912A Desperate Lover
1912
When Doctors Disagree
Millie Martin
1919The Telltale Light
Mabel
1913
An Interrupted Elopement
Alice, Bob's Sweetheart
1912
The Diving Girl
The Niece
1911
The Gypsy Queen
The Gypsy Queen
1913
Neighbors
First French Family, the Wife
1912Love and Gasoline
1914Love and Gasoline
Director
1914
The Gusher
Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
1913
Molly O'
Molly O'Dair
1921Father’s Choice
Mabel
1913The New Neighbor
1912The Hansom Driver
Mabel
1913
Saved from Himself
The Stenographer
1911
Tomboy Bessie
Tomboy Bessie
1912
Upstairs
Elsie MacFarland
1919The Speed Queen
Nellie
1913
Her Awakening
The Daughter
1911The Rivals
Mabel
1912Pedro's Dilemma
Girl
1912
Anything Once!
The Little Girl
1927
Help! Help!
Mrs. Suburbanite
1912Italian Blood
1911
The Fickle Spaniard
Marcelle
1912Drummer’s Vacation
1912A Gambling Rube
Unconfimed role
1914Her New Beau
Mabel
1913The Fatal Chocolate
The City Girl
1912
Hot Stuff
Hank's Sweetheart
1912The Unveiling
The Showgirl
1911
Dodging a Million
Arabella Flynn
1918
The Water Nymph
Diving Venus
1912At It Again
Mrs. Smith
1912A Misplaced Foot
Mabel
1914
The Engagement Ring
Alice
1912The Engagement Ring
Writer
1912
The Baron
The Heiress
1911A Missing Bride
Unconfirmed role
1914
Pinto
Pinto
1920
At Coney Island
The Girl
1912Mabel’s Heroes
Mabel
1913
Oh, Those Eyes!
Gladys
1912A Healthy Neighborhood
1913
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher
1915Brown’s Séance
Mrs. Brown
1912A Tangled Affair
Mabel
1913
A Spanish Dilemma
The Señorita
1912The Deacon Outwitted
1913Love and Courage
The Country Boy's Sweetheart
1913The Flirting Husband
Mrs. Smith
1912Hubby’s Job
Wifey
1913A Midnight Elopement
Sally Rice
1912
Mabel's Stratagem
Mabel
1912The Duel
Mabel
1912
The Furs
The Wife
1912Two Overcoats
1911
Stolen Magic
The Friend's Wife
1915The New Baby
The Wife
1912
The Tourists
Trixie - a Tourist
1912