Acting · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Born August 10, 1902
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.
MovieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVito
2011
as Self (archive)
MovieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
MovieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieComplicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJoan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
TVMGM Parade
1955
MovieTwenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MovieHer Cardboard Lover
1942
as Consuelo Croyden
MovieWe Were Dancing
1942
as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
MovieEscape
1940
as Countess Ruby von Treck
MovieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
MovieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
MovieThe Women
1939
as Mary Haines
MovieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Norma Shearer
MovieIdiot's Delight
1939
as Irene Fellara
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Marie Antoinette
MovieHollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MovieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1936
as Juliet
MovieMaster Will Shakespeare
1936
as Juliet (uncredited)
MovieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
as Elizabeth Barrett
MovieRiptide
1934
as Lady Mary Rexford
MovieGoing Hollywood
1933
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
MovieThe Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieStrange Interlude
1932
as Nina Leeds
MovieSmilin' Through
1932
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
MovieThe Movie Album
1932
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Christmas Party
1931
as Herself
MoviePrivate Lives
1931
as Amanda Prynne
MovieWe’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
MovieA Free Soul
1931
as Jan Ashe
MovieThe Stolen Jools
1931
as Owner of Stolen Jewels
MovieStrangers May Kiss
1931
as Lisbeth Corbin
MovieLet Us Be Gay
1930
as Kitty Brown
MovieThe Divorcee
1930
as Jerry
MovieTheir Own Desire
1929
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
MovieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Juliet
MovieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
as Fay Cheyney
MovieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
MovieA Man's Man
1929
as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
MovieA Lady of Chance
1928
as Dolly Morgan
MovieThe Actress
1928
as Rose Trelawny
MovieThe Latest from Paris
1928
as Ann Dolan
MovieThe Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Kathi
MovieAfter Midnight
1927
as Mary Miller
MovieThe Demi-Bride
1927
as Criquette
MovieUpstage
1926
as Dolly Haven
MovieThe Waning Sex
1926
as Nina Duane
MovieThe Devil's Circus
1926
as Mary
MovieHis Secretary
1925
as Ruth Lawrence
MovieThe Tower of Lies
1925
as Glory/Goldie
MoviePretty Ladies
1925
as Frances White
MovieA Slave of Fashion
1925
as Katherine Emerson
Movie1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
MovieThe End of the World
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
The End of the World
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
MovieWaking Up the Town
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
MovieLady of the Night
1925
as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
MovieExcuse Me
1925
as Marjorie Newton
MovieHe Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Consuelo
MovieThe Snob
1924
as Nancy Claxton
MovieMarried Flirts
1924
as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
MovieBroken Barriers
1924
as Grace Durland
MovieEmpty Hands
1924
as Claire Endicott
MovieBroadway After Dark
1924
as Rose Dulane
MovieBlue Water
1924
as Lillian Denton
MovieThe Wolf Man
1924
as Elizabeth Gordon
MovieThe Trail of the Law
1924
as Jerry Vardon
MovieLucretia Lombard
1923
as Mimi Winship
MovieThe Wanters
1923
as Marjorie
MoviePleasure Mad
1923
as Elinor Benton
MovieThe Devil's Partner
1923
as Jeanne
MovieMan and Wife
1923
as Dora Perkins
MovieA Clouded Name
1923
as Marjorie Dare
MovieChanning of the Northwest
1922
as Jess Driscoll
MovieThe Taming of the Shrewd
1922
as Rose Del Mar
MovieThe Bootleggers
1922
as Helen Barnes
MovieThe Man Who Paid
1922
as Jeanne Thornton
MovieThe Restless Sex
1920
as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
MovieTorchy's Millions
1920
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Stealers
1920
as Julie Martin
MovieWay Down East
1920
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
MovieThe Flapper
1920
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
MovieThe Star Boarder
1919
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
