Mary Miles Minter

The studio terminated her contract as soon as it became clear that her reputation had been destroyed. Personal Quotes. She made two more films after this, but her public had rejected her. Mabel Normand has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard. Minter was at the height of her success, having starred in more than 50 films and the revelation of her association with Taylor caused a sensation. After an extended stay in a sanitarium, she died from tuberculosis in Monrovia, California, and was interred in the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles. The ensuing scandal was the subject of widespread media speculation, and as allegations about Taylor's questionable past began to circulate, it was revealed that several intimate letters written by Minter had been found in his house after his death. She married the actor Lew Cody in 1926, but her health was in decline.

In 1922 Taylor was murdered in his home. The public did not respond and after more than 250 films, her career was essentially over. A close relationship developed between them and Minter began to distance herself from her mother. For a few years she made no films, but returned in 1926 in the film Raggedy Rose. Her first film for director William Desmond Taylor was Anne of Green Gables in 1919, and Taylor actively promoted Minter as a star of great potential. The following year she was the subject of another scandal when her chauffeur shot and wounded one of Normand's lovers with her own pistol. Minter specialised in playing demure and innocent young girls, and with her gentle features and curly hair, both emulated and rivalled Mary Pickford. As the last person to see him alive, Normand was closely scrutinised by the media, and her reputation was tarnished.

Changing her name to Mary Miles Minter, she made her first film in 1915 and over the next few years steadily built her career. He was murdered in 1922 just fifteen minutes after Normand had left his home. Until the age of 15, she was rarely unemployed and was greatly admired for both her talent and her beauty. Director William Desmond Taylor tried to help her in her battle against addiction and the two formed a close relationship. Her mother pushed her towards a stage career, and by the age of 5 she had appeared in her first play. By this time she was becoming increasingly capricious and volatile, and her alcoholism, combined with an addiction to narcotics damaged her health and her career. Born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport, Louisiana, she was the daughter of an ambitious but unsuccessful actress named Charlotte Shelby. Over the next few years she became a major film star, but with her relationship with Sennett at an end, she signed a contract in 1918 with Samuel Goldwyn.

Mary Miles Minter (April 1, 1902 - August 4, 1984) was a US film actress in silent films. In 1914 she starred with Chaplin and Marie Dressler in Tillie's Punctured Romance and the success of this film fuelled Normand's ambition to be a star of feature films. She appeared regularly with Fatty Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin, and wrote and directed some of Chaplin's early films. Her first films portrayed her as a bathing beauty but Normand quickly demonstrated a flair for comedy, and became a star of Sennett's short films. She met director Mack Sennett and embarked on a tumultuous affair with him.

Born Mabel Ethelreid Normand in Staten Island, New York, Normand worked as an artist's model before entering films in 1910. Mabel Normand (November 16, 1892 - February 20, 1930) was a US film actress, who was a popular comedienne in silent films.