Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-08-10 (81 years old)
Deathday
1983-06-12
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also known As
Edith Norma Shearer
Queen Norma
Norma Sherer
The First Lady of MGM
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 19...
1939
as Mary Haines
1929
as Self / Juliet
1924
as Elizabeth Gordon
1924
as Consuelo
1924
as Claire Endicott
1938
as Marie Antoinette
1939
as Irene Fellara
1936
as Juliet
1934
as Elizabeth Barrett
1922
as Jess Driscoll
1924
as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
1929
as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
1930
as Jerry
1931
as Jan Ashe
1931
as Owner of Stolen Jewels
1925
as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
1932
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
1928
1942
as Consuelo Croyden
1931
as Lisbeth Corbin
1931
as Amanda Prynne
1929
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1929
as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
1940
as Countess Ruby von Treck
1932
as Nina Leeds
1930
as Kitty Brown
1925
as Frances White
1926
as Dolly Haven
1928
as Dolly Morgan
1926
as Nina Duane
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1926
as Mary
1927
as Mary Miller
1934
as Lady Mary Rexford
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1942
as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
1923
as Mimi Winship
1929
as Fay Cheyney
1923
as Marjorie Dare
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Glory/Goldie
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Herself
1924
as Rose Dulane
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1928
as Rose Trelawny
1920
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
1933
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Self
1925
as Self
1920
as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
1994
as (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1937
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
1928
as Ann Dolan
1924
as Nancy Claxton
1925
as Katherine Emerson
1940
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1940
1938
as Self
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1939
as Self
1944
as (archive footage)
1988
as Self (archive footage)
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
as Self (uncredited)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1936
as Juliet (uncredited)
1925
as Ruth Lawrence
1924
as Lillian Denton
1922
as Jeanne Thornton
1919
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
1922
as Rose Del Mar
1923
as Jeanne
1922
as Helen Barnes
1920
as (uncredited)
1920
as Julie Martin
1923
as Dora Perkins
1924
as Jerry Vardon
1925
as Marjorie Newton
1924
as Grace Durland
1923
as Marjorie
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
1923
as Elinor Benton
1927
as Criquette
1939
as Norma Shearer
1920
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1925
as Mary Ellen Hope
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