Norma Shearer
Highest Rated: 100% The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Lowest Rated: 40% Idiot's Delight (1939)
Birthday: Aug 10, 1902
Birthplace: Montréal, Québec, Canada
A child model and bit player in New York-based films whose appearance in "The Stealers" (1920) caught the attention of producer Irving Thalberg. Thalberg signed Shearer to a long-term contract with MGM in 1923 and she quickly became a popular star in such films as "He Who Gets Slapped" (1924), "His Secretary" (1925) and "The Student Prince" (1927), typically as a gentle but vivacious ingenue. Thalberg married his star in 1927, after which she had her pick of films, parts and directors. A striking and often lovely brunette actress with a great profile, Shearer compensated for a slight lack of conventional beauty with great poise, elegance and charm. She played a wide range of roles in a glittering array of films; among her most notable efforts were "The Divorcee" (1930), for which she won an Oscar, "A Free Soul" (1931), "Private Lives" (1931; an especially fine and rare comic performance at this stage in her career), "Smilin' Through" (1932; one of her loveliest performances, and most romantic films) and "Romeo and Juliet" (1936).
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Norma Shearer
Filmography
Movies
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Her Cardboard Lover | Consuelo Croyden (Character) | - | 1942 |
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We Were Dancing | Victoria Anastasia "Vicki" Wilomirska (Character) | - | 1942 |
60% |
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Escape | Countess Ruby von Treck (Character) | - | 1940 |
40% |
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Idiot's Delight | Irene Fellara (Character) | - | 1939 |
94% |
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The Women | Mary (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette (Character) | - | 1938 |
78% |
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Romeo and Juliet | Juliet (Character) | - | 1936 |
70% |
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Elizabeth Barrett (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Riptide | Mary (Character) | - | 1934 |
80% |
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Smilin' Through |
Kathleen/ |
- | 1932 |
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Strange Interlude | Nina Leeds Evans (Character) | - | 1932 |
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A Free Soul | Jan Ashe (Character) | - | 1931 |
80% |
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Private Lives | Amanda "Mandy" Chase Prynne (Character) | - | 1931 |
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Strangers May Kiss | Lisbeth Corbin (Character) | - | 1931 |
78% |
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The Divorcee | Jerry Martin (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Let Us Be Gay | Kitty Brown (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Fay Cheyney (Character) | - | 1929 |
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Their Own Desire | Lally (Character) | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mary Elizabeth Dugan (Character) | - | 1929 |
43% |
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The Hollywood Revue |
Herself/ |
- | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Latest From Paris | Ann Dolan (Character) | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Lady of Chance | Angel Face Crandall (Character) | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After Midnight | Mary Miller (Character) | - | 1927 |
100% |
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Kathi (Character) | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Demi-Bride | Criquette (Character) | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil's Circus | Mary (Character) | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waning Sex | Nina Duane (Character) | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Upstage | Dolly Haven (Character) | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pretty Ladies | Frances White (Character) | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Excuse Me | Marjorie Newton (Character) | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Slave of Fashion | Katherine Emerson (Character) | - | 1925 |
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Lady of the Night | Molly and Florence (Character) | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Secretary | Ruth Lawrence (Character) | - | 1925 |
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He Who Gets Slapped | Consuelo (Character) | - | 1924 |