Constance Talmadge was the youngest of three sisters, all of whom went into films. She was born April 19, 1899, in Jersey City, NJ, and moved with her family to New York City where she attended public school. Her mother, Peg, had always pushed the daughters toward acting, and Constance got her break at Vitagraph where older sister, Norma, was an established actress. She did bit parts for awhile and then had her first lead in "Buddy's First Call" in 1914. She made several comedies for the company until mid-1915 when the family moved to California. She worked for two years at Fine Arts-Triangle where she got her first real notice as the Mountain Girl in "Intolerance" (1916).