Mabel Normand (1892 - 1930)

American silent film comedienne and actress.

* November 9, 1892 New Brighton, Staten Island, New York
 as Mabel Ethelreid Normand
 February 22, 1930 Monrovia, California



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 13, 18 May 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 27, 24 August 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 35, 19 October 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 35, 19 October 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 35, 19 October 1922
Picture Play Magazine, January 1923

Picture Play Magazine, March 1923
Photoplay, June 1928
Photoplay, June 1928


Books on Mabel Normand

William Thomas Sherman
Mabel Normand, A source book to her life and films
Seattle, WA, 1994

Betty Harper Fussell
Mabel
New Haven, Conn., 1982

Books with substantial mentioning of Mabel Normand

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

Jeanine Basinger Silent Stars Jeanine Basinger
Silent Stars
Hanover and London, 2000

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Ally Acker Reel Women Ally Acker
Reel Women, Pioneers of the Cinema 1896-Present
New York, 1991

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

Kalton C. Lahue and Sam Gill Clown Princes and Court Jesters Kalton C. Lahue and Sam Gill
Clown Princes and Court Jesters
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1970

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Mabel Normand

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Mabel Normand

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Articles on Mabel Normand

Mark Lynn Anderson, Reading Mabel Normand's library, in: Film History, vol. 18, 2006 pp. 209-221

Betty Fussell, The Films of Mabel Normand, in: Film History, vol. 2, 1988 pp. 373-391