Norma Shearer

Biography

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

MGM Parade

The Women

That's Entertainment!

Marie Antoinette

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

That's Entertainment! III

Way Down East

Escape

All Movies (96)

• Vito2011 · as Self (archive)
• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• Judy Garland: By Myself2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sports on the Silver Screen1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Joan Crawford: Always the Star1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brasileiros em Hollywood1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• Anniversary1963 · as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Her Cardboard Lover1942 · as Consuelo Croyden
• We Were Dancing1942 · as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
• Escape1940 · as Countess Ruby von Treck
• A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940 · as Self
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self
• Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940 · as Self
• The Women1939 · as Mary Haines
• From the Ends of the Earth1939 · as Self
• Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 81939 · as Norma Shearer
• Idiot's Delight1939 · as Irene Fellara
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Marie Antoinette
• Hollywood Goes to Town1938 · as Self
• Another Romance of Celluloid1938 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Romance of Celluloid1937 · as Self (archive footage)
• Romeo and Juliet1936 · as Juliet
• Master Will Shakespeare1936 · as Juliet (uncredited)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street1934 · as Elizabeth Barrett
• Riptide1934 · as Lady Mary Rexford
• Going Hollywood1933 · as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
• The Film Parade1933 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Strange Interlude1932 · as Nina Leeds
• Smilin' Through1932 · as Kathleen / Moonyeen
• The Movie Album1932 · as (archive footage)
• The Christmas Party1931 · as Herself
• Private Lives1931 · as Amanda Prynne
• We’re Switching to Hollywood1931 · as Self
• A Free Soul1931 · as Jan Ashe
• The Stolen Jools1931 · as Owner of Stolen Jewels
• Strangers May Kiss1931 · as Lisbeth Corbin
• Let Us Be Gay1930 · as Kitty Brown
• The Divorcee1930 · as Jerry
• Their Own Desire1929 · as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
• The Hollywood Revue of 19291929 · as Self / Juliet
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney1929 · as Fay Cheyney
• The Trial of Mary Dugan1929 · as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
• A Man's Man1929 · as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
• A Lady of Chance1928 · as Dolly Morgan
• The Actress1928 · as Rose Trelawny
• The Latest from Paris1928 · as Ann Dolan
• The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg1928 · as Kathi
• After Midnight1927 · as Mary Miller
• The Demi-Bride1927 · as Criquette
• Upstage1926 · as Dolly Haven
• The Waning Sex1926 · as Nina Duane
• The Devil's Circus1926 · as Mary
• His Secretary1925 · as Ruth Lawrence
• The Tower of Lies1925 · as Glory/Goldie
• Pretty Ladies1925 · as Frances White
• A Slave of Fashion1925 · as Katherine Emerson
• 1925 Studio Tour1925 · as Self
• The End of the World1925 · as Mary Ellen Hope
• The End of the World1925 · as Mary Ellen Hope
• Waking Up the Town1925 · as Mary Ellen Hope
• Lady of the Night1925 · as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
• Excuse Me1925 · as Marjorie Newton
• He Who Gets Slapped1924 · as Consuelo
• The Snob1924 · as Nancy Claxton
• Married Flirts1924 · as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
• Broken Barriers1924 · as Grace Durland
• Empty Hands1924 · as Claire Endicott
• Broadway After Dark1924 · as Rose Dulane
• Blue Water1924 · as Lillian Denton
• The Wolf Man1924 · as Elizabeth Gordon
• The Trail of the Law1924 · as Jerry Vardon
• Lucretia Lombard1923 · as Mimi Winship
• The Wanters1923 · as Marjorie
• Pleasure Mad1923 · as Elinor Benton
• The Devil's Partner1923 · as Jeanne
• Man and Wife1923 · as Dora Perkins
• A Clouded Name1923 · as Marjorie Dare
• Channing of the Northwest1922 · as Jess Driscoll
• The Taming of the Shrewd1922 · as Rose Del Mar
• The Bootleggers1922 · as Helen Barnes
• The Man Who Paid1922 · as Jeanne Thornton
• The Restless Sex1920 · as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
• Torchy's Millions1920 · as (uncredited)
• The Stealers1920 · as Julie Martin
• Way Down East1920 · as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
• The Flapper1920 · as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
• The Star Boarder1919 · as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)

All TV Shows (1)

• MGM Parade1955