The Resume

(May 26, 1893-December 24, 1957)
Appeared in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910),' 'Dixie Mother, A (1910),' 'General's Daughter, The (1911),' 'First Violin, The (1912),' 'Under the Daisies (1913),' 'Omens and Oracles (1913),' 'Wayward Daughter, A (1914),' 'Mill of Life, The (1914),' 'Battle Cry of Peace, The (1915),' 'Panthea (1917),' 'Poppy (1917),' 'Yes or No (1920),' 'Love's Redemption (1921),' 'Ashes of Vengeance (1923)' and 'New York Nights (1929)'
Appeared in over 250 movies
Sister of Natalie Talmadge and Constance Talmadge
Divorced Joseph Schenck

Why she might be annoying:

Her grave marker gives a false date of birth (1897).
It is said that she accidentally started the 'Footprints of the Stars' in 1927, when she stepped into wet cement in front of Graumann's Chinese Theater.
She was 4 times married and 3 times divorced.
She could not survive the sound era of film, and her career faded with the silent films.
She remarried 9 days after her 1st divorce (from Joseph Schenck).

Why she might not be annoying:

She died from a stroke (Christmas Eve 1957).
During her childhood, her father, an unemployed alcoholic, abandoned the family on Christmas Day.
She is the namesake for Talmadge Street and Norma Place in Hollywood, California.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5261893)
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Flappers
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Female
• I Attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn
• I Attended Rudolph Valentino's New York Funeral [August 30, 1926]
• I Died Before Unwrapping Presents [Christmas Eve - December 24th] (Ranked: 1957)
• I Died in 1957 (Ranked: 64)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I'm Buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Calif]
• Profiles 3001-3250 (Ranked: 3088)
• Top 100 Old Time Radio Moments of the 20th Century (Ranked: 76)
• Top Box Office Actress of the Year (Ranked: 1923)
• Top Box Office Actress of the Year (Ranked: 1924)
• Top Box Office Actress of the Year (Ranked: 1925)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 32.56% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 43.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 96 Votes: 52.08% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 204 Votes: 44.12% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 236 Votes: 47.46% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 511 Votes: 43.25% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1594 Votes: 44.92% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 39 Votes: 48.72% Annoying