Acting
Norma Shearer
EN, PT, DE cinema · 98 credits
Born
10 August 1902
Died
12 June 1983 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also known as Edith Norma Shearer · Queen Norma · Norma Sherer · The First Lady of MGM
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.
Known for
Filmography
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
as Self (archive footage)
Vito
as Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963
Anniversary
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Her Cardboard Lover
as Consuelo Croyden
We Were Dancing
as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
Escape
as Countess Ruby von Treck
The Women
as Mary Haines
Idiot's Delight
as Irene Fellara
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Norma Shearer
Marie Antoinette
as Marie Antoinette
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet
Master Will Shakespeare
as Juliet (uncredited)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Elizabeth Barrett
Riptide
as Lady Mary Rexford
Going Hollywood
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smilin' Through
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
Strange Interlude
as Nina Leeds
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
A Free Soul
as Jan Ashe
The Stolen Jools
as Owner of Stolen Jewels
Strangers May Kiss
as Lisbeth Corbin
Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne
The Christmas Party
as Herself
The Divorcee
as Jerry
Let Us Be Gay
as Kitty Brown
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self / Juliet
A Man's Man
as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
Their Own Desire
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Fay Cheyney
A Lady of Chance
as Dolly Morgan
The Actress
as Rose Trelawny
The Latest from Paris
as Ann Dolan
After Midnight
as Mary Miller
The Demi-Bride
as Criquette
Upstage
as Dolly Haven
The Waning Sex
as Nina Duane
Lady of the Night
as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
Pretty Ladies
as Frances White
The Tower of Lies
as Glory/Goldie
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
Waking Up the Town
as Mary Ellen Hope
A Slave of Fashion
as Katherine Emerson
His Secretary
as Ruth Lawrence
Excuse Me
as Marjorie Newton
The End of the World
as Mary Ellen Hope
The End of the World
1925
The End of the World
as Mary Ellen Hope
The Wolf Man
as Elizabeth Gordon
He Who Gets Slapped
as Consuelo
Empty Hands
as Claire Endicott
Married Flirts
as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
Broadway After Dark
as Rose Dulane
The Snob
as Nancy Claxton
Blue Water
as Lillian Denton
The Trail of the Law
as Jerry Vardon
Broken Barriers
as Grace Durland
Lucretia Lombard
as Mimi Winship
A Clouded Name
as Marjorie Dare
The Devil's Partner
as Jeanne
Man and Wife
as Dora Perkins
The Wanters
as Marjorie
Pleasure Mad
as Elinor Benton
Channing of the Northwest
as Jess Driscoll
The Man Who Paid
as Jeanne Thornton
The Taming of the Shrewd
as Rose Del Mar
The Bootleggers
as Helen Barnes
Way Down East
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
The Restless Sex
as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
Torchy's Millions
as (uncredited)
The Stealers
as Julie Martin
The Flapper
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)