Norma Shearer
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1902-08-10
- Died
- 1983-06-12
- Place of birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as
- Edith Norma Shearer · Queen Norma · Norma Sherer · The First Lady of MGM
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (98)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Women
1939
as Mary Haines
Pleasure Mad
1923
as Elinor Benton
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Marie Antoinette
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Romeo and Juliet
1936
as Juliet
The End of the World
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
The Wolf Man
1924
as Elizabeth Gordon
The Bootleggers
1922
as Helen Barnes
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Consuelo
The Devil's Partner
1923
as Jeanne
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Owner of Stolen Jewels
Lady of the Night
1925
as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
The Demi-Bride
1927
as Criquette
The Movie Album
1932
as (archive footage)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
as Elizabeth Barrett
Escape
1940
as Countess Ruby von Treck
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
Way Down East
1920
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Irene Fellara
Smilin' Through
1932
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Juliet
Torchy's Millions
1920
as (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Divorcee
1930
as Jerry
The Man Who Paid
1922
as Jeanne Thornton
A Clouded Name
1923
as Marjorie Dare
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Riptide
1934
as Lady Mary Rexford
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
A Man's Man
1929
as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Kathi
Man and Wife
1923
as Dora Perkins
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
as Consuelo Croyden
The Star Boarder
1919
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Going Hollywood
1933
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
A Free Soul
1931
as Jan Ashe
The Waning Sex
1926
as Nina Duane
Private Lives
1931
as Amanda Prynne
The Christmas Party
1931
as Herself
A Slave of Fashion
1925
as Katherine Emerson
Strangers May Kiss
1931
as Lisbeth Corbin
Their Own Desire
1929
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Empty Hands
1924
as Claire Endicott
The Flapper
1920
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Strange Interlude
1932
as Nina Leeds
We Were Dancing
1942
as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
Broken Barriers
1924
as Grace Durland
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Frances White
The Actress
1928
as Rose Trelawny
The Tower of Lies
1925
as Glory/Goldie
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
The Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Master Will Shakespeare
1936
as Juliet (uncredited)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
Waking Up the Town
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Wanters
1923
as Marjorie
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Norma Shearer
A Lady of Chance
1928
as Dolly Morgan
Upstage
1926
as Dolly Haven
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
as Fay Cheyney
The Devil's Circus
1926
as Mary
The Latest from Paris
1928
as Ann Dolan
Let Us Be Gay
1930
as Kitty Brown
Lucretia Lombard
1923
as Mimi Winship
Broadway After Dark
1924
as Rose Dulane
The Restless Sex
1920
as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
Married Flirts
1924
as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
The Snob
1924
as Nancy Claxton
Channing of the Northwest
1922
as Jess Driscoll
After Midnight
1927
as Mary Miller
His Secretary
1925
as Ruth Lawrence
The Trail of the Law
1924
as Jerry Vardon
The End of the World
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
Excuse Me
1925
as Marjorie Newton
The Stealers
1920
as Julie Martin
The Taming of the Shrewd
1922
as Rose Del Mar
Blue Water
1924
as Lillian Denton
About Norma Shearer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 M… With 99 credits spanning from 1919 to 2015, Norma Shearer has appeared in 98 films and 1 TV show.
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- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Women (1939) — as Mary Haines
- Pleasure Mad (1923) — as Elinor Benton
- Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970) — as Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
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