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Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 10, 1892[1][2] – February 23, 1930) was an American silent-film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in his Keystone Studios[3] films, and at the height of her career in the late 1910s and early 1920s had her own movie studio and production company.[4] Onscreen, she appeared in 12 successful films with Charlie Chaplin and 17 with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, sometimes writing and directing (or co-writing/directing) movies featuring Chaplin as her leading man.[5] Throughout the 1920s, her name was linked with widely publicized scandals, including the 1922 murder of William Desmond Taylor and the 1924 shooting of Courtland S. Dines, who was shot by Normand's chauffeur using her pistol. She was a suspect in the first crime for a short period, but disregarded from the latter. Her film career declined, and she suffered a recurrence of tuberculosis in 1923, which led to a decline in her health, retirement from films, and her death in 1930 at age 37. Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Scandals 2.1 The Roscoe Arbuckle trials 2.2 Taylor's murder 2.3 The Dines shooting 3 Later career and death 4 Legacy 5 Cultural references 5.1 Fictional portrayals 6 Filmography 6.1 Short films 6.2 Feature films 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Early life and career Born Amabel Ethelreid Normand in New Brighton, Richmond County, New York (before it was incorporated into New York City), she grew up in a working-class family. Her mother, Mary "Minne" Drury, of Providence, Rhode Island,[8] was of Irish heritage, while her father was French Canadian.[9] Her father, Clodman "Claude" Normand, was employed as a cabinetmaker and stage carpenter at Sailors' Snug Harbor home for elderly seamen.[citation needed] She had 5 siblings.
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