Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-30 | Page 14 | Famed Mor of Star Dies

FAMED AMED MOTHER j OF STAR S1 AR DIES HJ lywood Mourns Death of Margaret Peg Talmadge Loved by Many HOLLYWOOD Sept 30 UP Margaret Peg Peg Talmadge who won fame fane by achieving success for her daughters was mourned in the film ilm world today The tIThe moth mother r ot of Norma 1 Constance and Natalie Talmadge died yesterday hospital from a sudden attack of ot pneumonia which culminated ed d an illness of two years cars She was christened Margaret Louise Louiso Lou iso ise ise- ise Brown and was the widow of Frederick L. L Talmadge but ncr ner f famous fa 11 daugh daughters rs and the many other screen notables to whom she was advIser adviser ad ad- and confidante k knew ew her only as Peg Her daughters who were at the be bedside side when Mrs Talmadge died will lead a host ht o of mourners attending attending attend attend- ing jug simple f services in iii Santa Monica next t Monday SI SHe will be buried there in the same cemetery her husband who died In 1925 1025 BEST KNOWN MOTHER l Talmadge was one of the first screen screen mothers in Hollywood and was by all odds the best known Her in inthe the ability of her daughters c coupled with her bei business acumen vere Q re rc credited with much o of their seen screen success Her capacity for mothering extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended far beyond the family circle Charlie Chaplin always tried out his gags on her first Lillian and Dorothy Dorothy Doro Doro- thy Gish Dick Barthelmess William S S. S Hart Anita Laos Loos Frank Lloyd D. D w V- V Griffith and many other names In Hollywood profited through her advice and friendship fc Norma was an adolescent in curls When Mrs Talmadge won her a job with the old company in New York Later Constance was g given ven a chance and arid for or many years the two sisters were among f filmdom's brightest lights TWO GRANDCHILDREN Natalie who preferred a domestic career nevertheless be became came widely known as IS the wife of Buster Keaton and the mother of his two sons The boys bors were Mrs Talmadge's grandchildren Although Norma Is estranged from her husband Joseph M. M Schenck w wealthy althy producer and the Talmadge- Talmadge Katon aton romance ended in divorce Mrs VCrs Talmadge always remained o on good terms with her sons in She never revealed her age To those who pressed her she replied Only a fool t tells her age and ana Im I'm Im I'm no flO tool fooL I I