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Norma Shearer

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  • 1902 - 1983

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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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norma Shearer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1902-08-10

Born At: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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The Women
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He Who Gets Slapped
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The Wolf Man
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
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Way Down East
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
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Going Hollywood
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That's Entertainment!
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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Marie Antoinette
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Romeo and Juliet
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A Free Soul
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The Stolen Jools
53572
Idiot's Delight
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That's Entertainment! III
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The Divorcee
80708
Lady of the Night
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Smilin' Through
84303
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
85876
Her Cardboard Lover
97991
Private Lives
99283
Their Own Desire
99767
Escape
109008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
112822
The Trial Of Mary Dugan
120540
Strangers May Kiss
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Strange Interlude
130422
Judy Garland: By Myself
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The Christmas Party
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Let Us Be Gay
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After Midnight
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Riptide
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1925 Studio Tour
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Pretty Ladies
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Upstage
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The Waning Sex
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
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The Devil's Circus
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The Star Boarder
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Complicated Women
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A Lady of Chance
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We Were Dancing
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
223195
Lucretia Lombard
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Master Will Shakespeare
232270
The Miracle of Sound
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
246292
Hollywood Goes to Town
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A Clouded Name
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The Tower of Lies
263916
Hollywood Without Make-Up
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Broadway After Dark
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The Actress
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The Wolf Man
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Wir schalten um auf Hollywood
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Waking Up the Town
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