Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983)[2][3] was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942.[4] Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women.[5] She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare,[6] and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).[7]
Reviewing Shearer's work, Mick LaSalle called her a feminist pioneer, or "the exemplar of sophisticated modern womanhood and ... the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen".[8]
^Donnelley, Paul (2005). Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries (3 ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 848. ISBN 1-84449-430-6.
^"Norma Shearer: 1902 Birth certificate (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)". Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017 – via CineArtistes.com. Edith Norma Shearer, daughter of Andrew Shearer and Edith May Fisher his wife was born on the eleventh day of August nineteen hundred two, and was baptized on the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred three
^Some sources give August 10. It is August 11 per the birth certificate, as well as "Norma Shearer". The Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica Canada). Retrieved August 5, 2016. It is "c. August 11" per "Norma Shearer Biography: Film Actress (c. 1902–1983)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
^Shipman, David. The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years. Crown Publishers, 1970. p. 487-492
^Shen, Ann (2016). Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World. Chronicle Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4521-5702-3.
^Morris, Gary (April 1, 1996). "Queen Norma – Shearer, That Is". Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
^Soares, Andre (November 11, 2015). "Norma Shearer: 'Queen of MGM' & 'Liberated Woman'". Alt Film Guide. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
Edith NormaShearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played...
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California Has NormaShearer Film" (Berkeley Daily Gazette, July 20, 1931, p. three) includes sketched reproduction of NormaShearer's face ""Every Word...
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film debut in Lady of the Night (1925), as a body double for film star NormaShearer. She appeared in several other films, before she made her major breakthrough...
California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress NormaShearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leigh appeared...
worldly wise, woman." However, according to Thalberg's actress wife, NormaShearer, Garbo did not necessarily agree with his ideas stating "Miss Garbo...
inception of the Oscars. It was awarded to Douglas Shearer, brother of Best Actress winner NormaShearer, making them the first sibling winners in Oscar...
1956, while on a business trip, he was by chance spotted by actress NormaShearer, who thought he would be right to play the role of her late husband...
Berlin, Ginger Rogers, Jock Whitney, Lucille Ball, Eleanor Roosevelt, NormaShearer, and Harpo Marx. The house was made a National Historic Landmark in...
him despite the fact he was already married to Athole Shearer, the sister of actress NormaShearer. Three years later he was divorced from Athole and married...
surpassed that of MGM's top leading ladies Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and NormaShearer. She died at the age of 26 of kidney failure while filming Saratoga...
Harry Cohn; and the role of Monroe Stahr in a planned production by NormaShearer of The Last Tycoon. Power was named the second biggest box-office draw...
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