- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 10, 1902
- Place of Birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- June 12, 1983
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 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 …
Filmography
movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieVito
2011 · Self (archive)
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Various Roles (archive footage)
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieSports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieJoan Crawford: Always the Star
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963 · Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
tvMGM Parade
1955
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieHer Cardboard Lover
1942 · Consuelo Croyden
movieWe Were Dancing
1942 · Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
movieEscape
1940 · Countess Ruby von Treck
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieThe Women
1939 · Mary Haines
movieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Self
movieScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Norma Shearer
movieIdiot's Delight
1939 · Irene Fellara
movieMarie Antoinette
1938 · Marie Antoinette
movieHollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self (archive footage)
movieRomeo and Juliet
1936 · Juliet
movieMaster Will Shakespeare
1936 · Juliet (uncredited)
movieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 · Elizabeth Barrett
movieRiptide
1934 · Lady Mary Rexford
movieGoing Hollywood
1933 · Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
movieThe Film Parade
1933 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieStrange Interlude
1932 · Nina Leeds
movieSmilin' Through
1932 · Kathleen / Moonyeen
movieThe Movie Album
1932 · (archive footage)
movieThe Christmas Party
1931 · Herself
moviePrivate Lives
1931 · Amanda Prynne
movieWe’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 · Self
movieA Free Soul
1931 · Jan Ashe
movieThe Stolen Jools
1931 · Owner of Stolen Jewels
movieStrangers May Kiss
1931 · Lisbeth Corbin
movieLet Us Be Gay
1930 · Kitty Brown
movieThe Divorcee
1930 · Jerry
movieTheir Own Desire
1929 · Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
movieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self / Juliet
movieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929 · Fay Cheyney
movieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 · Mary Elizabeth Dugan
movieA Man's Man
1929 · Norman Shearer (uncredited)
movieA Lady of Chance
1928 · Dolly Morgan
movieThe Actress
1928 · Rose Trelawny
movieThe Latest from Paris
1928 · Ann Dolan
movieThe Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Kathi
movieAfter Midnight
1927 · Mary Miller
movieThe Demi-Bride
1927 · Criquette
movieUpstage
1926 · Dolly Haven
movieThe Waning Sex
1926 · Nina Duane
movieThe Devil's Circus
1926 · Mary
movieHis Secretary
1925 · Ruth Lawrence
movieThe Tower of Lies
1925 · Glory/Goldie
moviePretty Ladies
1925 · Frances White
movieA Slave of Fashion
1925 · Katherine Emerson
movie1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
movieThe End of the World
1925 · Mary Ellen Hope
The End of the World
1925 · Mary Ellen Hope
movieWaking Up the Town
1925 · Mary Ellen Hope
movieLady of the Night
1925 · Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
movieExcuse Me
1925 · Marjorie Newton
movieHe Who Gets Slapped
1924 · Consuelo
movieThe Snob
1924 · Nancy Claxton
movieMarried Flirts
1924 · Norma Shearer (uncredited)
movieBroken Barriers
1924 · Grace Durland
movieEmpty Hands
1924 · Claire Endicott
movieBroadway After Dark
1924 · Rose Dulane
movieBlue Water
1924 · Lillian Denton
movieThe Wolf Man
1924 · Elizabeth Gordon
movieThe Trail of the Law
1924 · Jerry Vardon
movieLucretia Lombard
1923 · Mimi Winship
movieThe Wanters
1923 · Marjorie
moviePleasure Mad
1923 · Elinor Benton
movieThe Devil's Partner
1923 · Jeanne
movieMan and Wife
1923 · Dora Perkins
movieA Clouded Name
1923 · Marjorie Dare
movieChanning of the Northwest
1922 · Jess Driscoll
movieThe Taming of the Shrewd
1922 · Rose Del Mar
movieThe Bootleggers
1922 · Helen Barnes
movieThe Man Who Paid
1922 · Jeanne Thornton
movieThe Restless Sex
1920 · Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
movieThe Stealers
1920 · Julie Martin
movieTorchy's Millions
1920 · (uncredited)
movieWay Down East
1920 · Barn Dancer (uncredited)
movieThe Flapper
1920 · Schoolgirl (uncredited)
movieThe Star Boarder
1919 · Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)