Gertrude Norman (May 19, 1848 or 1851 – July 20, 1943), was an English/American theater and Hollywood

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

actress. She is credited with being in 44 films between 1911 and 1936. She was also a screenwriter and director for early silent films. She also appeared in four films with sound, making her one of the oldest actresses to perform during the silent and sound eras. Norman was born in London, England. One of her early films from 1910 was rediscovered in a sea chest in the 2000s. She played a "mother" role in ''

The Birth of a Nation ''The Birth of a Nation'', originally called ''The Clansman'', is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play ''The Clan ...

''. By the time Norman made her first "talkie" she was already in her 80s and played the part of a grandmother. She is not to be confused with Gertrude "Toto" Norman (c. 1880–1961), an actress of the same time period as well as secretary and companion to the American opera singer Marcia van Dresser, or with a children's book author Gertrude Norman.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Gertrude 19th-century births 1943 deaths English emigrants to the United States Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses 20th-century American actresses American silent film actresses English silent film actresses