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Norma Shearer

Acting

Born August 10, 1902 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died June 12, 1983

Also known as Edith Norma Shearer · Queen Norma · Norma Sherer

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Biography

Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active in film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women, appearing in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare. Shearer was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee and won Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).

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Awards & recognition

  • Canada's Walk of Fame · 2008
  • Volpi Cup — Best Actress · 1938
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1930
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1939 · nominated
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  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1937 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1935 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1931 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1930 · nominated

Filmography22 titles

He Who Gets Slapped

1924as Consuelo

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Women

1939as Mary Haines

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1927as Kathi

That's Entertainment! III

1994as (archive footage)

Vito

2011as Self (archive)

Way Down East

1920as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Riptide

1934as Lady Mary Rexford

Marie Antoinette

1938as Marie Antoinette

Private Lives

1931as Amanda Prynne

Romeo and Juliet

1936as Juliet

The Divorcee

1930as Jerry

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934as Elizabeth Barrett

The Flapper

1920as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

A Free Soul

1931as Jan Ashe

Smilin' Through

1932as Kathleen / Moonyeen

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929as Self / Juliet

Strange Interlude

1932as Nina Leeds

The Stolen Jools

1931as Owner of Stolen Jewels

We Were Dancing

1942as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska

Let Us Be Gay

1930as Kitty Brown