This page will contain discussion groups about Norma Talmadge, as they become available.Norma TalmadgeNorma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress. Norma TalmadgeShe was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of Fred and Margaret (Peg) Talmage. Her younger sister 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
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She died in Las Vegas, Nevada at age sixty-four. She ended her life as the companion of André Malraux. After filming the notorious DuBarry, Woman of
Passion (1930), Norma Talmadge retired a wealthy woman. As a young woman, in 1923, she was engaged to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. She married influential movie executive Joseph Schenck, who set his
wife up with her own production company. For a number of years, Vilmorin was the mistress of Duff Cooper, the
British ambassador to France. She had her first cinema success in the small role of the seamstress in
the silent movie A Tale of Two Cities (1911). Her mother, Peg, encouraged her to become a movie actress. Her second husband was Count Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd, a much-married Austrian-born Slovakian playboy. Norma began her career as a model for illustrated slides. They had three daughters: Jessie, Alexandra, and Helena. Her younger sister were Constance Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. They married in 1925, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where Hunt's family owned extensive properties, and divorced in 1937. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of Fred and Margaret (Peg) Talmage. Vilmorin's first husband was an American real-estate heir, Henry Leigh Hunt. Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress. Her letters to Jean Cocteau were published to acclaim, after the deaths of both correspondents. Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930). Vilmorin's other works included "Juliette," "La lettre dans un taxi," "Les belles amours," "Saintes-Une fois," and "Intimités.". New York Nights (1929). Her most famous novel was "Madame de", published in 1951, which was made into a celebrated film in 1953 starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux and directed by Vittorio de Sica. Woman Disputed (1928). Scion of a great French seed company fortune and afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark, Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales, often set in aristocratic and/or artistic milieus. Show People (1928). Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902-1969) was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist. Camille (1927). Dove (1927). Kiki (1926). Graustark (1925). The Lady (1925). Secrets (1924). In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924). The Only Woman (1924). Within the Law (1923). Voice from the Minaret (1923). |