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