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Constance Talmadge
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Actor Born: April 19, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY Death: November 23, 1973 in New York City, NY Biography:Unlike her older sister "Norma Talmadge", whose specialty was heavy drama, American silent film actress "Constance Talmadge" was most comfortable with bubbly light comedy. Beginning her career as a $5-a-day extra, Constance scored her first success as the tomboyish Mountain Girl in the Babylonian segment of director "D.W. Griffith"'s gargantuan multi-episode production "Intolerance" (1916). So popular was her portrayal that, as a balm to audiences, "Griffith" refilmed the Moutain Girl's death scene for the Babylonian sequence when it was reissued separately in 1919 as "The Fall of Babylon", allowing Talmadge a happy ending. The actress' brother-in-law, producer "Joseph M. Schenck", set up the Constance Talmadge Film Company in 1917, giving her full control regarding script and costar approval. Though few of her films survive, Constance Talmadge is still remembered by her aging fans for such... Full Biography
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