Norma Shearer
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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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Películas (98)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Vito
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood prohibido
2008 · Various Roles (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Mujeres liberadas
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963 · Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
Her Cardboard Lover
1942 · Consuelo Croyden
We Were Dancing
1942 · Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
Escape
1940 · Countess Ruby von Treck
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
The Women
1939 · Mary Haines
From the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Norma Shearer
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Irene Fellara
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Marie Antoinette
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Self (uncredited)
The Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet
1936 · Juliet
Master Will Shakespeare
1936 · Juliet (uncredited)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 · Elizabeth Barrett
Riptide
1934 · Lady Mary Rexford
Going Hollywood
1933 · Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Film Parade
1933 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Strange Interlude
1932 · Nina Leeds
Smilin' Through
1932 · Kathleen / Moonyeen
The Movie Album
1932 · (archive footage)
The Christmas Party
1931 · Herself
Private Lives
1931 · Amanda Prynne
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 · Self
A Free Soul
1931 · Jan Ashe
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Owner of Stolen Jewels
Strangers May Kiss
1931 · Lisbeth Corbin
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Kitty Brown
The Divorcee
1930 · Jerry
Their Own Desire
1929 · Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self / Juliet
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929 · Fay Cheyney
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 · Mary Elizabeth Dugan
A Man's Man
1929 · Norman Shearer (uncredited)
A Lady of Chance
1928 · Dolly Morgan
The Actress
1928 · Rose Trelawny
The Latest from Paris
1928 · Ann Dolan
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Kathi
After Midnight
1927 · Mary Miller
The Demi-Bride
1927 · Criquette
Upstage
1926 · Dolly Haven
The Waning Sex
1926 · Nina Duane
The Devil's Circus
1926 · Mary
His Secretary
1925 · Ruth Lawrence
The Tower of Lies
1925 · Glory/Goldie
Pretty Ladies
1925 · Frances White
A Slave of Fashion
1925 · Katherine Emerson
1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
The End of the World
1925 · Mary Ellen Hope
The End of the World
1925 · Mary Ellen Hope
Waking Up the Town
1925 · Mary Ellen Hope
Lady of the Night
1925 · Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
Excuse Me
1925 · Marjorie Newton
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 · Consuelo
The Snob
1924 · Nancy Claxton
Married Flirts
1924 · Norma Shearer (uncredited)
Broken Barriers
1924 · Grace Durland
Empty Hands
1924 · Claire Endicott
Broadway After Dark
1924 · Rose Dulane
Blue Water
1924 · Lillian Denton
The Wolf Man
1924 · Elizabeth Gordon
The Trail of the Law
1924 · Jerry Vardon
Lucretia Lombard
1923 · Mimi Winship
The Wanters
1923 · Marjorie
Pleasure Mad
1923 · Elinor Benton
The Devil's Partner
1923 · Jeanne
Man and Wife
1923 · Dora Perkins
A Clouded Name
1923 · Marjorie Dare
Channing of the Northwest
1922 · Jess Driscoll
The Taming of the Shrewd
1922 · Rose Del Mar
The Bootleggers
1922 · Helen Barnes
The Man Who Paid
1922 · Jeanne Thornton
The Restless Sex
1920 · Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
Torchy's Millions
1920 · (uncredited)
The Stealers
1920 · Julie Martin
Way Down East
1920 · Barn Dancer (uncredited)
The Flapper
1920 · Schoolgirl (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
1919 · Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
