Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
1902-08-10
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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.
Filmography
Vito
2011 · Movie
as Self (archive)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Movie
as Various Roles (archive footage)
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
as (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Anniversary
1963 · Movie
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
MGM Parade
1955 · TV Show
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Her Cardboard Lover
1942 · Movie
as Consuelo Croyden
We Were Dancing
1942 · Movie
as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
Escape
1940 · Movie
as Countess Ruby von Treck
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Movie
as Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
as Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Movie
as Self
The Women
1939 · Movie
as Mary Haines
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Movie
as Irene Fellara
From the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Movie
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Movie
as Norma Shearer
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Movie
as Marie Antoinette
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Movie
as Self
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
The Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet
1936 · Movie
as Juliet
Master Will Shakespeare
1936 · Movie
as Juliet (uncredited)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 · Movie
as Elizabeth Barrett
Riptide
1934 · Movie
as Lady Mary Rexford
Going Hollywood
1933 · Movie
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Film Parade
1933 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smilin' Through
1932 · Movie
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
Strange Interlude
1932 · Movie
as Nina Leeds
The Movie Album
1932 · Movie
as (archive footage)
A Free Soul
1931 · Movie
as Jan Ashe
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Movie
as Owner of Stolen Jewels
Strangers May Kiss
1931 · Movie
as Lisbeth Corbin
Private Lives
1931 · Movie
as Amanda Prynne
The Christmas Party
1931 · Movie
as Herself
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 · Movie
as Self
The Divorcee
1930 · Movie
as Jerry
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Movie
as Kitty Brown
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Movie
as Self / Juliet
A Man's Man
1929 · Movie
as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
Their Own Desire
1929 · Movie
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 · Movie
as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929 · Movie
as Fay Cheyney
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Movie
as Kathi
A Lady of Chance
1928 · Movie
as Dolly Morgan
The Actress
1928 · Movie
as Rose Trelawny
The Latest from Paris
1928 · Movie
as Ann Dolan
After Midnight
1927 · Movie
as Mary Miller
The Demi-Bride
1927 · Movie
as Criquette
Upstage
1926 · Movie
as Dolly Haven
The Waning Sex
1926 · Movie
as Nina Duane
The Devil's Circus
1926 · Movie
as Mary
Lady of the Night
1925 · Movie
as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
Pretty Ladies
1925 · Movie
as Frances White
The Tower of Lies
1925 · Movie
as Glory/Goldie
1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Movie
as Self
Waking Up the Town
1925 · Movie
as Mary Ellen Hope
A Slave of Fashion
1925 · Movie
as Katherine Emerson
His Secretary
1925 · Movie
as Ruth Lawrence
Excuse Me
1925 · Movie
as Marjorie Newton
The End of the World
1925 · Movie
as Mary Ellen Hope
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The End of the World
1925 · Movie
as Mary Ellen Hope
The Wolf Man
1924 · Movie
as Elizabeth Gordon
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 · Movie
as Consuelo
Empty Hands
1924 · Movie
as Claire Endicott
Married Flirts
1924 · Movie
as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
Broadway After Dark
1924 · Movie
as Rose Dulane
The Snob
1924 · Movie
as Nancy Claxton
Blue Water
1924 · Movie
as Lillian Denton
The Trail of the Law
1924 · Movie
as Jerry Vardon
Broken Barriers
1924 · Movie
as Grace Durland
Lucretia Lombard
1923 · Movie
as Mimi Winship
A Clouded Name
1923 · Movie
as Marjorie Dare
The Devil's Partner
1923 · Movie
as Jeanne
Man and Wife
1923 · Movie
as Dora Perkins
The Wanters
1923 · Movie
as Marjorie
Pleasure Mad
1923 · Movie
as Elinor Benton
Channing of the Northwest
1922 · Movie
as Jess Driscoll
The Man Who Paid
1922 · Movie
as Jeanne Thornton
The Taming of the Shrewd
1922 · Movie
as Rose Del Mar
The Bootleggers
1922 · Movie
as Helen Barnes
Way Down East
1920 · Movie
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
The Restless Sex
1920 · Movie
as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
Torchy's Millions
1920 · Movie
as (uncredited)
The Stealers
1920 · Movie
as Julie Martin
The Flapper
1920 · Movie
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
1919 · Movie
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
