Norma Shearer
Acting
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.
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Kathi
Age 25 (now 80)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Elizabeth Barrett
Age 32 (now 80)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Age 105 (now 80)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
Age 101 (now 80)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Age 94 (now 80)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
Age 94 (now 80)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Age 87 (now 80)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Age 86 (now 80)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 80
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 71 (now 80)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Age 69 (now 80)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Age 38 (now 80)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Age 37 (now 80)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Norma Shearer
Age 36 (now 80)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
Age 35 (now 80)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
Age 35 (now 80)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Elizabeth Barrett
Age 32 (now 80)
Going Hollywood
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Age 31 (now 80)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Kathi
Age 25 (now 80)
The Star Boarder
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
Age 16 (now 80)
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Also Known As
Edith Norma Shearer, Queen Norma, Norma Sherer, The First Lady of MGM
IMDB
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