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.
Known for
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movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieVito
2011
Self (archive)
movieThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Various Roles (archive footage)
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieSports on the Silver Screen
1997
Self (archive footage)
movieJoan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Self (archive footage)
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970
Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
movieTwenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
movieHer Cardboard Lover
1942
Consuelo Croyden
movieWe Were Dancing
1942
Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
movieEscape
1940
Countess Ruby von Treck
movieThe Women
1939
Mary Haines
movieScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
Norma Shearer
movieIdiot's Delight
1939
Irene Fellara
movieMarie Antoinette
1938
Marie Antoinette
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937
Self (archive footage)
movieMaster Will Shakespeare
1936
Juliet (uncredited)
movieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
Elizabeth Barrett
movieRiptide
1934
Lady Mary Rexford
movieGoing Hollywood
1933
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
movieThe Film Parade
1933
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieStrange Interlude
1932
Nina Leeds
movieSmilin' Through
1932
Kathleen / Moonyeen
movieThe Movie Album
1932
(archive footage)
movieThe Christmas Party
1931
Herself
moviePrivate Lives
1931
Amanda Prynne
movieA Free Soul
1931
Jan Ashe
movieThe Stolen Jools
1931
Owner of Stolen Jewels
movieStrangers May Kiss
1931
Lisbeth Corbin
movieLet Us Be Gay
1930
Kitty Brown
movieTheir Own Desire
1929
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
movieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Self / Juliet
movieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929
Fay Cheyney
movieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
Mary Elizabeth Dugan
movieA Man's Man
1929
Norman Shearer (uncredited)
movieA Lady of Chance
1928
Dolly Morgan
movieThe Actress
1928
Rose Trelawny
movieThe Latest from Paris
1928
Ann Dolan
movieAfter Midnight
1927
Mary Miller
movieThe Demi-Bride
1927
Criquette
movieUpstage
1926
Dolly Haven
movieThe Waning Sex
1926
Nina Duane
movieHis Secretary
1925
Ruth Lawrence
movieThe Tower of Lies
1925
Glory/Goldie
moviePretty Ladies
1925
Frances White
movieA Slave of Fashion
1925
Katherine Emerson
movieThe End of the World
1925
Mary Ellen Hope
The End of the World
1925
Mary Ellen Hope
movieWaking Up the Town
1925
Mary Ellen Hope
movieLady of the Night
1925
Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
movieExcuse Me
1925
Marjorie Newton
movieHe Who Gets Slapped
1924
Consuelo
movieThe Snob
1924
Nancy Claxton
movieMarried Flirts
1924
Norma Shearer (uncredited)
movieBroken Barriers
1924
Grace Durland
movieEmpty Hands
1924
Claire Endicott
movieBroadway After Dark
1924
Rose Dulane
movieBlue Water
1924
Lillian Denton
movieThe Wolf Man
1924
Elizabeth Gordon
movieThe Trail of the Law
1924
Jerry Vardon
movieLucretia Lombard
1923
Mimi Winship
movieThe Wanters
1923
Marjorie
moviePleasure Mad
1923
Elinor Benton
movieMan and Wife
1923
Dora Perkins
movieA Clouded Name
1923
Marjorie Dare
movieChanning of the Northwest
1922
Jess Driscoll
movieThe Taming of the Shrewd
1922
Rose Del Mar
movieThe Bootleggers
1922
Helen Barnes
movieThe Man Who Paid
1922
Jeanne Thornton
movieThe Restless Sex
1920
Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
movieTorchy's Millions
1920
(uncredited)
movieThe Stealers
1920
Julie Martin
movieWay Down East
1920
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
movieThe Flapper
1920
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
movieThe Star Boarder
1919
Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)