Norma Shearer
Birthday: 1902-08-11
Deathday: 1982-07-22
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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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.
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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 29 | Their Own Desire (1930) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1931 | 29 | The Divorcee (1930) | Leading Actress | Win | 0 | |
| 1932 | 30 | A Free Soul (1931) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1935 | 33 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1937 | 35 | Romeo and Juliet (1936) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1939 | 37 | Marie Antoinette (1938) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
| Date | Location | Team | Receives | Team | Receives | Team | Receives |
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Credits
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The End of the World | Mary Ellen Hope | |
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1942-07-16 | Her Cardboard Lover | Consuelo Croyden |
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1942-04-30 | We Were Dancing | Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska |
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1940-11-01 | Escape | Countess Ruby von Treck |
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1939-09-01 | The Women | Mary Haines |
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1939-04-08 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Norma Shearer |
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1939-01-27 | Idiot's Delight | Irene Fellara |
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1938-08-26 | Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette |
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1936-09-03 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet |
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1936-06-13 | Master Will Shakespeare | Juliet (uncredited) |
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1934-09-21 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Elizabeth Barrett |
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1934-03-29 | Riptide | Lady Mary Rexford |
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1932-12-30 | Strange Interlude | Nina Leeds |
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1932-09-24 | Smilin' Through | Kathleen / Moonyeen |
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1931-12-12 | Private Lives | Amanda Prynne |
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1931-06-02 | A Free Soul | Jan Ashe |
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1931-04-04 | The Stolen Jools | Owner of Stolen Jewels |
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1931-04-04 | Strangers May Kiss | Lisbeth Corbin |
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1930-07-11 | Let Us Be Gay | Kitty Brown |
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1930-04-19 | The Divorcee | Jerry |
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1929-12-27 | Their Own Desire | Lucia 'Lally' Marlett |
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1929-07-06 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Fay Cheyney |
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1929-06-08 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mary Elizabeth Dugan |
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1929-05-25 | A Man's Man | Norman Shearer (uncredited) |
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1928-12-01 | A Lady of Chance | Dolly Morgan |
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1928-04-27 | The Actress | Rose Trelawny |
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1928-02-04 | The Latest from Paris | Ann Dolan |
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1928-01-30 | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Kathi |
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1927-08-20 | After Midnight | Mary Miller |
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1927-02-19 | The Demi-Bride | Criquette |
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1926-11-06 | Upstage | Dolly Haven |
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1926-09-05 | The Waning Sex | Nina Duane |
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1926-02-14 | The Devil's Circus | Mary |
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1925-12-06 | His Secretary | Ruth Lawrence |
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1925-10-10 | The Tower of Lies | Glory/Goldie |
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1925-09-06 | Pretty Ladies | Frances White |
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1925-08-23 | A Slave of Fashion | Katherine Emerson |
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1925-04-01 | The End of the World | Mary Ellen Hope |
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1925-03-30 | Waking Up the Town | Mary Ellen Hope |
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1925-02-23 | Lady of the Night | Molly Helmer / Florence Banning |
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1925-01-19 | Excuse Me | Marjorie Newton |
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1924-12-22 | He Who Gets Slapped | Consuelo |
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1924-11-10 | The Snob | Nancy Claxton |
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1924-10-27 | Married Flirts | Norma Shearer (uncredited) |
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1924-08-18 | Broken Barriers | Grace Durland |
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1924-08-17 | Empty Hands | Claire Endicott |
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1924-05-19 | Broadway After Dark | Rose Dulane |
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1924-04-16 | Blue Water | Lillian Denton |
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1924-02-17 | The Wolf Man | Elizabeth Gordon |
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1924-01-25 | The Trail of the Law | Jerry Vardon |
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1923-12-08 | Lucretia Lombard | Mimi Winship |
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1923-11-26 | The Wanters | Marjorie |
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1923-11-05 | Pleasure Mad | Elinor Benton |
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1923-06-01 | The Devil's Partner | Jeanne |
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1923-03-25 | Man and Wife | Dora Perkins |
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1923-02-19 | A Clouded Name | Marjorie Dare |
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1922-04-10 | Channing of the Northwest | Jess Driscoll |
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1922-04-10 | The Taming of the Shrewd | Rose Del Mar |
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1922-04-01 | The Bootleggers | Helen Barnes |
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1922-03-01 | The Man Who Paid | Jeanne Thornton |
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1920-11-12 | The Restless Sex | Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited) |
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1920-10-03 | Torchy's Millions | (uncredited) |
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1920-10-03 | The Stealers | Julie Martin |
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1920-09-03 | Way Down East | Barn Dancer (uncredited) |
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1920-05-10 | The Flapper | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
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1919-05-26 | The Star Boarder | Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited) |