Norma Shearer biography
Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress, born on 11 August 1902 in Montreal, who died on 12 June 1983.
Norma Shearer's screen career began in 1919 with The Star Boarder, playing Member of the Beauties Squad.
Norma Shearer had 70 screen credits between 1919 and 1988.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actress, Canada's Walk of Fame and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Also known as
- Edith Norma Shearer
- Born
- 11 August 1902
- Died
- 12 June 1983 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Montreal
- Work
- Model, Stage actor, Film actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1919 to 1942
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Canada's Walk of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress
Norma Shearer filmography
70 screen credits, newest first.
Screen credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | English | ||
| 1963 | Hollywood Without Make-Up | English | ||
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Vicki Wilomirska | MGM | |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Consuelo Croyden | MGM | |
| 1940 | Escape | Countess Ruby von Treck | MGM | |
| 1939 | The Women | Mrs. Stephen Haines, Mary | MGM | |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Irene | MGM | |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette | MGM | |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet Capulet | ||
| 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Elizabeth Barrett | Loew's Inc., MGM | |
| 1934 | Riptide | Lady Mary Rexford | MGM/Loew's, Inc. | |
| 1933 | The Film Parade | |||
| 1933 | Going Hollywood | English | ||
| 1932 | Strange Interlude | Nina Leeds Evans | MGM | |
| 1932 | Smilin' Through | Kathleen Moonyean Clare | MGM | |
| 1931 | Strangers May Kiss | Lisbeth Corbin | MGM | |
| 1931 | Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | German | ||
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | English | ||
| 1931 | Private Lives (1931 film) | English | ||
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Jan Ashe | MGM/Loew's, Inc. | |
| 1931 | Private Lives | Amanda Prynne | MGM | |
| 1930 | The Divorcee | Jerry Martin | MGM Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| 1930 | Let Us Be Gay | Kitty Brown | MGM | |
| 1929 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mary Dugan | MGM | |
| 1929 | Their Own Desire | Lolly | MGM |
Show all 70 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Mrs. Fay Cheyney | MGM | |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | English | ||
| 1928 | The Latest from Paris | Ann Dolan | MGM | |
| 1928 | The Actress | Rose Trelawny | MGM Shearer's final silent film | |
| 1928 | A Lady of Chance | Dolly | MGM | |
| 1927 | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Kathi | MGM | |
| 1927 | The Demi-Bride | Criquette | MGM | |
| 1927 | After Midnight | Mary | MGM | |
| 1926 | Upstage | Dolly Haven | MGM | |
| 1926 | The Waning Sex | Nina Duane | MGM | |
| 1926 | The Devil's Circus | Mary | MGM | |
| 1925 | The Tower of Lies | Glory | MGM | |
| 1925 | Waking Up the Town | Mary Ellen Hope | United Artists | |
| 1925 | Pretty Ladies | Frances White | MGM | |
| 1925 | Lady of the Night | Molly/Florence | MGM | |
| 1925 | His Secretary | Ruth Lawrence | MGM | |
| 1925 | Excuse Me | Marjorie Newton | MGM | |
| 1925 | A Slave of Fashion | Katherine Emerson | MGM | |
| 1924 | The Wolf Man | Elizabeth Gordon | Fox Film | |
| 1924 | The Snob | Nancy Claxton | MGM | |
| 1924 | Married Flirts | |||
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Consuelo | MGM | |
| 1924 | Empty Hands | Claire Endicott | Paramount | |
| 1924 | Broken Barriers | Grace Durland | MGM | |
| 1924 | Broadway After Dark | Rose Dulane | Warner Bros. | |
| 1924 | Blue Water | Lillian Denton | New Brunswick Films | |
| 1923 | The Trail of the Law | Jerry Vardon | Producers Security Corporation | |
| 1923 | Lucretia Lombard | Mimi | Warner Bros. | |
| 1923 | A Clouded Name | Marjorie Dare | Logan Productions | |
| 1923 | The Wanters | Marjorie | First National Pictures | |
| 1923 | The Devil's Partner | Jeanne | Iroquois Productions | |
| 1923 | Pleasure Mad | Elinor Benton | Metro Pictures | |
| 1923 | Man and Wife | Dora Perkins | Arrow Film Corporation | |
| 1922 | The Man Who Paid | Jeanne | Apfel Productions | |
| 1922 | The End of the World | |||
| 1922 | The Bootleggers | Helen Barnes | Al Gilbert Film Productions | |
| 1922 | Channing of the Northwest | Jes Driscoll | Selznick Pictures | |
| 1922 | The Leather Pushers | Unknown | Universal Pictures | |
| 1921 | Torchy's Millions | Unknown | Educational film | |
| 1921 | The Sign on the Door | Uncredited Edited out | First National Pictures | |
| 1920 | The Stealers | Julia Martin | Robertson-Cole Studios, Inc. | |
| 1920 | Way Down East | Barn dancer | United Artists | |
| 1920 | The Flapper | Extra | Selznick Pictures | |
| 1920 | The Restless Sex | Extra | Cosmopolitan Productions | |
| 1919 | The Star Boarder | Member of the Beauties Squad | Vitagraph Studios |