Norma Talmadge (1893-1957), American actress, 1928. Talmadge was one of the greatest film stars of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen. Number 24 (of 25) in the second set of WD & HO Wills' Cigarette Cards entitled Cinema Stars (1928).