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      Norma Shearer

      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).

      Highest rated movies

      The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
      The Women
      Smilin' Through
      Private Lives
      Romeo and Juliet
      The Divorcee
      The Barretts of Wimpole Street
      Escape

      Photos

      MARIE ANTOINETTE, Tyrone Power, Norma Shearer, 1938. ROMEO AND JULIET, Norma Shearer, 1936; photograph by Hurrell THEIR OWN DESIRE, Robert Montgomery, Norma Shearer, 1929 LADY OF THE NIGHT, Norma Shearer, 1925 THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN, Norma Shearer, 1929 MARIE ANTOINETTE, from left: Alma Kruger as Empress Maria Theresa, Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette, 1938 MARIE ANTOINETTE, Norma Shearer, 1938 A FREE SOUL, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, 1931 MARIE ANTOINETTE, Tyrone Power, Norma Shearer, 1938 STRANGE INTERLUDE, Norma Shearer, 1932 STRANGE INTERLUDE, from left: Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, 1932 SMILIN' THROUGH, Norma Shearer, Fredric March, 1932 WE WERE DANCING, Norma Shearer, 1942 SMILIN' THROUGH, Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer, 1932 IDIOT'S DELIGHT, Glark Cable, Norma Shearer, 1939 THE WOMEN, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, 1939 STRANGE INTERLUDE, Norma Shearer, 1932 STRANGE INTERLUDE, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, 1932 SLAVE OF FASHION, Norma Shearer, 1925 A FREE SOUL, Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer, 1931
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 38% Her Cardboard Lover Consuelo Croyden (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet 57% We Were Dancing Victoria Anastasia "Vicki" Wilomirska (Character) - 1942
      60% 60% Escape Countess Ruby von Treck (Character) - 1940
      40% 46% Idiot's Delight Irene Fellara (Character) - 1939
      94% 88% The Women Mary (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet 77% Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (Character) - 1938
      78% 54% Romeo and Juliet Juliet (Character) - 1936
      70% 70% The Barretts of Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet 38% Riptide Mary (Character) - 1934
      80% 70% Smilin' Through Kathleen/Moonyeen (Character) - 1932
      No Score Yet 30% Strange Interlude Nina Leeds Evans (Character) - 1932
      No Score Yet 58% A Free Soul Jan Ashe (Character) - 1931
      80% 59% Private Lives Amanda "Mandy" Chase Prynne (Character) - 1931
      No Score Yet 45% Strangers May Kiss Lisbeth Corbin (Character) - 1931
      78% 62% 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
      No Score Yet 41% Their Own Desire Lally (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trial of Mary Dugan Mary Elizabeth Dugan (Character) - 1929
      43% 18% The Hollywood Revue Herself/Juliet (Character) - 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% 64% 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
      No Score Yet No Score Yet His Secretary Ruth Lawrence (Character) - 1925
      No Score Yet 71% Lady of the Night Molly and Florence (Character) - 1925
      No Score Yet 86% He Who Gets Slapped Consuelo (Character) - 1924