Norma Nichols

{{Short description|American actress}} {{Use American English|date=July 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Norma Nichols | image = Norma Nichols Grenbeaux.jpg | caption = Nichols in 1922 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|01|07}} | birth_place = Santa Ana, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|11|27|1894|01|07}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | years_active = 1914–1922 | occupation = Actress | spouse = | children = | relatives = Marguerite Nichols (sister) }} '''Norma Nichols''' (January 7, 1894 – November 27, 1989) was an American silent film actress.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvmcAwAAQBAJ&q=norma+nichols+larry+semon&pg=PA532|title=Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel|first=Brent E.|last=Walker|date=January 13, 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786457076|via=Google Books}}</ref> She appeared in 42 films between 1914 and 1922. She appeared in several of Larry Semon's films.<ref name=semon/> She was the sister of actress Marguerite Nichols who married actor, director, and producer Hal Roach.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}

==Biography== [[File:The Rent Collector (1921) - 2.jpg|thumb|A still of Nichols performing with Larry Semon and Frank Alexander in ''The Rent Collector'' (1921)]]

Norma Nichols was born on January 7, 1894, in Santa Ana, California. She had major roles in films including ''The Ne'er-Do-Well'' (1916), ''Ham and the Hermit's Daughter'' (1916), and ''The Tides of Barnegat'' (1917). She died on November 27, 1989, in Los Angeles, California.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}

==Partial filmography== * ''Dough and Dynamite'' (1914) * ''The Property Man'' (1914) * ''Fatty's Jonah Day'' (1914) * ''Fatty's Tintype Tangle'' (1915) * ''The Ne'er-Do-Well'' (1916) * ''Ham and the Hermit's Daughter'' (1916) * ''The Tides of Barnegat'' (1917) * ''The Legion of Death'' (1918) * ''The Rent Collector'' (1921) * ''The Bakery'' (1921) * ''The Bell Hop'' (1921),<ref name=semon>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InrXCgAAQBAJ&q=%22norma+nichols%22&pg=PA213|title=Larry Semon, Daredevil Comedian of the Silent Screen: A Biography and Filmography|first=Claudia|last=Sassen|date=October 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786498222|via=Google Books}}</ref> extant * ''The Fall Guy'' (1921)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-fall-guy-poster-from-left-norma-nichols-larry-semon-news-photo/1137189693|title=Norma Nichols, Larry Semon, 1921.|website=Getty Images}}</ref> * ''The Call of Home'' (1922)

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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0629681}}

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