1902-08-10 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.
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Vito | Self (archive) | 2011-10-14 |
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
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Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-25 |
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | 1996-09-30 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | 1990-07-23 |
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Brasileiros em Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1970-01-01 |
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Anniversary | Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited) | 1963-01-01 |
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Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
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Her Cardboard Lover | Consuelo Croyden | 1942-07-16 |
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We Were Dancing | Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska | 1942-04-30 |
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Escape | Countess Ruby von Treck | 1940-11-01 |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Norma Shearer | 1939-04-08 |
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Idiot's Delight | Irene Fellara | 1939-01-27 |
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The Women | Mary Haines | 1939-09-01 |
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From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
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Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
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Another Romance of Celluloid | Self (uncredited) | 1938-02-05 |
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Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette | 1938-08-26 |
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The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | 1936-09-03 |
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Master Will Shakespeare | Juliet (uncredited) | 1936-06-13 |
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Elizabeth Barrett | 1934-09-21 |
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Riptide | Lady Mary Rexford | 1934-03-29 |
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The Film Parade | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-01-01 |
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Going Hollywood | Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage) | 1933-12-22 |
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Strange Interlude | Nina Leeds | 1932-12-30 |
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Smilin' Through | Kathleen / Moonyeen | 1932-09-24 |
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The Movie Album | (archive footage) | 1932-03-05 |
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A Free Soul | Jan Ashe | 1931-06-02 |
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Private Lives | Amanda Prynne | 1931-12-12 |
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Strangers May Kiss | Lisbeth Corbin | 1931-04-04 |
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The Stolen Jools | Owner of Stolen Jewels | 1931-04-04 |
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Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | Self | 1931-06-09 |
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The Christmas Party | Herself | 1931-12-17 |
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The Divorcee | Jerry | 1930-04-19 |
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Let Us Be Gay | Kitty Brown | 1930-07-11 |
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A Man's Man | Norman Shearer (uncredited) | 1929-05-25 |
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self / Juliet | 1929-11-23 |
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The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mary Elizabeth Dugan | 1929-06-08 |
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Their Own Desire | Lucia 'Lally' Marlett | 1929-12-27 |
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Fay Cheyney | 1929-07-06 |
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The Actress | Rose Trelawny | 1928-04-27 |
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The Latest from Paris | Ann Dolan | 1928-02-04 |
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Kathi | 1928-01-30 |
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A Lady of Chance | Dolly Morgan | 1928-12-01 |
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The Demi-Bride | Criquette | 1927-02-19 |
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After Midnight | Mary Miller | 1927-08-20 |
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The Devil's Circus | Mary | 1926-02-14 |
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The Waning Sex | Nina Duane | 1926-09-05 |
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Upstage | Dolly Haven | 1926-11-06 |
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The End of the World | Mary Ellen Hope | 1925-04-01 |
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The End of the World | Mary Ellen Hope | 1925-04-01 |
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Excuse Me | Marjorie Newton | 1925-01-19 |
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His Secretary | Ruth Lawrence | 1925-12-06 |
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Lady of the Night | Molly Helmer / Florence Banning | 1925-02-23 |
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Pretty Ladies | Frances White | 1925-09-06 |
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Waking Up the Town | Mary Ellen Hope | 1925-03-30 |
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The Tower of Lies | Glory/Goldie | 1925-10-10 |
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A Slave of Fashion | Katherine Emerson | 1925-08-23 |
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1925 Studio Tour | Self | 1925-04-09 |
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Empty Hands | Claire Endicott | 1924-08-17 |
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Broken Barriers | Grace Durland | 1924-08-18 |
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The Trail of the Law | Jerry Vardon | 1924-01-25 |
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Broadway After Dark | Rose Dulane | 1924-05-19 |
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Blue Water | Lillian Denton | 1924-04-16 |
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The Snob | Nancy Claxton | 1924-11-10 |
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The Wolf Man | Elizabeth Gordon | 1924-02-17 |
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He Who Gets Slapped | Consuelo | 1924-12-22 |
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Married Flirts | Norma Shearer (uncredited) | 1924-10-27 |
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The Wanters | Marjorie | 1923-11-26 |
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A Clouded Name | Marjorie Dare | 1923-02-19 |
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Man and Wife | Dora Perkins | 1923-03-25 |
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Lucretia Lombard | Mimi Winship | 1923-12-08 |
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The Devil's Partner | Jeanne | 1923-06-01 |
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Pleasure Mad | Elinor Benton | 1923-11-05 |
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Channing of the Northwest | Jess Driscoll | 1922-04-10 |
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The Man Who Paid | Jeanne Thornton | 1922-03-01 |
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The Bootleggers | Helen Barnes | 1922-04-01 |
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The Taming of the Shrewd | Rose Del Mar | 1922-04-10 |
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The Restless Sex | Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited) | 1920-11-12 |
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Torchy's Millions | (uncredited) | 1920-10-03 |
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The Stealers | Julie Martin | 1920-10-03 |
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The Flapper | Schoolgirl (uncredited) | 1920-05-10 |
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Way Down East | Barn Dancer (uncredited) | 1920-09-03 |
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The Star Boarder | Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited) | 1919-05-26 |
