Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1902-08-10
Deathday: 1983-06-12 (80 years old)

Biography

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Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Her early films cast her as the girl next door, but for most of the Pre-Code film era, beginning with the 1930 film The Divorcee, for which she won an Oscar for Best Actress, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies. Later she appeared in historical and period films.


Unlike many of her MGM contemporaries, Shearer's fame declined steeply after retirement. By the time of her death in 1983, she was largely remembered at best for her "noble" roles in The Women, Marie Antoinette, and Romeo and Juliet. Shearer's legacy began to be re-evaluated in the 1990s with the publication of two biographies and the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and VHS release of her films, many of them unseen since the implementation of the Production Code some sixty years before. Focus shifted to her pre-Code "divorcee" persona, and Shearer was rediscovered as "the exemplar of sophisticated [1930's] woman-hood... exploring love and sex with an honesty that would be considered frank by modern standards".


Simultaneously, Shearer's ten-year collaboration with portrait photographer George Hurrell and her lasting contribution to fashion through the designs of Adrian were also recognized.


Shearer is widely celebrated by some as one of cinema's feminist pioneers: "the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen". In March 2008, two of her most famous pre-code films, The Divorcee and A Free Soul, were released on DVD.


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Filmography

all 96

Movies 96

self 27

Self (archive footage)
Girl 27

Girl 27 (2007)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women

Complicated Women (2003)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Movie
Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing (1942)

Movie
Countess von Treck
Escape

Escape (1940)

Movie
Juliet - Daughter to Capulet
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Movie
Lady Mary Rexford
Riptide

Riptide (1934)

Movie
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood (1933)

Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Film Parade

The Film Parade (1933)

Movie
Owner of Stolen Jewels
The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools (1931)

Movie
6
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Their Own Desire

Their Own Desire (1929)

Movie
1
Norman Shearer (uncredited)
A Man's Man

A Man's Man (1929)

Movie
Dolly Morgan aka Angel Face
A Lady of Chance

A Lady of Chance (1928)

Movie
Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
Lady of the Night

Lady of the Night (1925)

Movie
7.71
Marjorie Newton
Excuse Me

Excuse Me (1925)

Movie
Norma Shearer (uncredited)
Married Flirts

Married Flirts (1924)

Movie
Elizabeth Gordon
The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man (1924)

Movie
Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
The Restless Sex

The Restless Sex (1920)

Movie
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Way Down East

Way Down East (1920)

Movie
2.33
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
The Flapper

The Flapper (1920)

Movie
6
Big V Beauty Squad Member
The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder (1919)

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1902-08-10

Deathday
1983-06-12 (80 years old)

Birth Name
Edith Norma Shearer

Birth Place
Montreal, Canada

Religion
Christianity

Height

Relationships
Irving Thalberg (1927 - 1936)

Spouse
Martin Arrougé

Children
Katherine Thalberg, Irving Thalberg, Jr.

Father
Andrew Shearer

Mother
Edith Fisher

Siblings
Douglas Shearer, Athole Shearer

Citizenships
United States, Canada

Also Known As
Edith Norma Shearer, Queen Norma, Norma Sherer, The First Lady of MGM

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Canada's Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Actress

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