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Natalie Talmadge

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
11

Gender
Female

Birthday
April 28, 1896 (130 years old)

Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Natalie Talmadge

Biography

Natalie Talmadge was the middle daughter of the original "stage mother", Margaret Talmadge (Peg). Her two sisters, Constance Talmadge (the comedienne) and Norma Talmadge (the tragedian) were also in the movies, and had their own production companies, bankrolled by Norma's husband in the 1920s, Joseph M. Schenck. Natalie married Buster Keaton in 1921. She only played one further role, "Virginia Canfield" in Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923). She had worked for Comique as a script girl/secretary for Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle in 1917, and traveled west with the troupe when Schenck found new premises for "Roscoe" in California. She spent a lot of time signing autographs on behalf of her popular sister, Constance. Anita Loos, author of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", wrote a book called "The Talmadge Girls", which is mainly about Constance and Norma; Loos based the philosophy of "Lorelei Lee" on the philosophy of Peg Talmadge ("Get the money, and then get comfortable"). Natalie ended her days after her divorce from Keaton in a house in Santa Monica, a confirmed alcoholic. Apart from "Our Hospitality", she appeared in supporting roles in several of her sister Norma's films (now believed to be lost).

Known For

Acting

2026A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Rideas Self (Archival)
1923Our Hospitalityas Virginia Canfield
1923The Balloonaticas Woman on sidewalk
1921The Passion Floweras Milagros
1921The Haunted Houseas Fainting Female Bank Customer (uncredited)
1920Yes or Noas Emma Martin
1920The Love Expertas Dorcas Winthrop
1919The Isle of Conquestas Janis Harmon
1917A Country Heroas Bit Part (uncredited)
1917His Wedding Nightas Pretty Lady in car (uncredited)
1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Agesas Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Production

1918Out West...Story