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Norma Shearer

Cast & creator

Norma Shearer

1902-08-10 (died at 80) Montreal, Quebec, CanadaIMDb

Best known for MGM Parade, Hollywood, The Women

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norma Shearer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as: Edith Norma Shearer, Queen Norma, Norma Sherer, The First Lady of MGM

Movies

98

film credits

Series

3

television credits

Career

101

1919–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

7.0

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Acting · 1955

Hollywood

Hollywood

Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1980

The Women

The Women

Mary Haines · 1939

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Self / Juliet · 1929

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette · 1938

Across film & television

Filmography (101)

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Showing 101 of 101 credits

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Hollywood

Hollywood

Self (archive footage, uncredited)

The Women

The Women

Mary Haines

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Self / Juliet

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year

Sports on the Silver Screen

Sports on the Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Self

He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

Consuelo

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Various Roles (archive footage)

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

Self (archive footage)

From the Ends of the Earth

From the Ends of the Earth

Self

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Juliet

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight

Irene Fellara

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

Self

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Self

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Elizabeth Barrett

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

Self (archive footage)

The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid

Self (archive footage)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Self (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Self (archive footage)

The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Mary Elizabeth Dugan

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Self (archive footage)

Riptide

Riptide

Lady Mary Rexford

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Pleasure Mad

Pleasure Mad

Elinor Benton

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

Kathi

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Norma Shearer

Lady of the Night

Lady of the Night

Molly Helmer / Florence Banning

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self

Waking Up the Town

Waking Up the Town

Mary Ellen Hope

Let Us Be Gay

Let Us Be Gay

Kitty Brown

Complicated Women

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

The Devil's Circus

The Devil's Circus

Mary

A Man's Man

A Man's Man

Norman Shearer (uncredited)

Her Cardboard Lover

Her Cardboard Lover

Consuelo Croyden

A Lady of Chance

A Lady of Chance

Dolly Morgan

The Bootleggers

The Bootleggers

Helen Barnes

Escape

Escape

Countess Ruby von Treck

A Slave of Fashion

A Slave of Fashion

Katherine Emerson

Vito

Vito

Self (archive footage)

Way Down East

Way Down East

Barn Dancer (uncredited)

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools

Owner of Stolen Jewels

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Fay Cheyney

Anniversary

Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)

Strangers May Kiss

Strangers May Kiss

Lisbeth Corbin

Another Romance of Celluloid

Another Romance of Celluloid

Self (uncredited)

Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood

Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

A Free Soul

A Free Soul

Jan Ashe

The Man Who Paid

The Man Who Paid

Jeanne Thornton

The End of the World

The End of the World

Mary Ellen Hope

The Latest from Paris

The Latest from Paris

Ann Dolan

Private Lives

Private Lives

Amanda Prynne

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Self (archive footage)

The Tower of Lies

The Tower of Lies

Glory/Goldie

We’re Switching to Hollywood

We’re Switching to Hollywood

Self

1925 Studio Tour

1925 Studio Tour

Self

Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through

Kathleen / Moonyeen

The Devil's Partner

The Devil's Partner

Jeanne

The Divorcee

The Divorcee

Jerry

Broadway After Dark

Broadway After Dark

Rose Dulane

The Movie Album

The Movie Album

(archive footage)

The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man

Elizabeth Gordon

A Clouded Name

A Clouded Name

Marjorie Dare

The Trail of the Law

The Trail of the Law

Jerry Vardon

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing

Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska

Pretty Ladies

Pretty Ladies

Frances White

The Demi-Bride

The Demi-Bride

Criquette

The End of the World

Mary Ellen Hope

The Flapper

The Flapper

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

The Film Parade

The Film Parade

(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Taming of the Shrewd

The Taming of the Shrewd

Rose Del Mar

Master Will Shakespeare

Master Will Shakespeare

Juliet (uncredited)

The Waning Sex

The Waning Sex

Nina Duane

Excuse Me

Excuse Me

Marjorie Newton

Empty Hands

Empty Hands

Claire Endicott

Channing of the Northwest

Channing of the Northwest

Jess Driscoll

The Snob

The Snob

Nancy Claxton

The Wanters

The Wanters

Marjorie

Man and Wife

Man and Wife

Dora Perkins

The Christmas Party

The Christmas Party

Herself

Their Own Desire

Their Own Desire

Lucia 'Lally' Marlett

Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude

Nina Leeds

The Restless Sex

The Restless Sex

Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)

The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder

Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)

His Secretary

His Secretary

Ruth Lawrence

Married Flirts

Married Flirts

Norma Shearer (uncredited)

After Midnight

After Midnight

Mary Miller

Upstage

Upstage

Dolly Haven

The Actress

The Actress

Rose Trelawny

Broken Barriers

Broken Barriers

Grace Durland

The Stealers

The Stealers

Julie Martin

Torchy's Millions

Torchy's Millions

(uncredited)

Lucretia Lombard

Lucretia Lombard

Mimi Winship

Blue Water

Blue Water

Lillian Denton