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TALMADGE, Constance
Amerikaans filmactrice (1800-1973)
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* Brooklyn, NY 19.4.1900 - † 1973 The younger sister of Natalie and Norma Talmadge, she entered films in 1914 and for two years appeared in many comedy shorts opposite Billy Quirk. She got her big break in D. W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE (1916), in which she was aptly cast as the spirited, tomboyish Mountain Girl in the Babylonian episode. The role revealed her natural talent for comedy which was to establish her as a leading star, a position she held throughout the silent era. Abetted by the guidance and the influence of her brother-in-law Joseph Schenck, she was nearly as successful as her more famous sister Norma. The two were never in competition. While Norma cornered the market on tear-jerking melodramas, Constance's forte was the sophisticated comedy, a field in which she had few rivals in the 20s. At the height of her success she had her own production company. The four-times-married Constance retired from the screen during the transition to sound without making a single talkie. She and her sisters are the subjects of an Anita Loos biography, The Talmadge Girls (1978). Filmografie |
