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Norma Shearer
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Norma Shearer Biography
Birth Name:
Edith Norma Shearer
Birth Place:
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
08/10/1902, Leo
Date of Death:
06/12/1983
Profession:
Actor; model
Norma Shearer Fast Facts:
After the loss of the family's lumber fortune, her mother brought the former beauty queen to New York City, where she modeled and got bit parts in films.
Famed producer Irving Thalberg took notice of her in 1920's
The Stealers
, signed her to an MGM contract in 1923 and married her in 1927, after which she had her pick of plum film roles and was billed as "the First Lady of the Screen."
Played a wide variety of roles but particularly excelled as women scorned, in films such as
The Divorcée
(1930), for which she won an Oscar, and
The Women
(1939), for which she got top billing above rival Joan Crawford.
After Thalberg's death in 1936, made bad career moves, turning down the leads in
Gone with the Wind
and
Mrs. Miniver
.
Retired in 1942 following the box-office bomb
Her Cardboard Lover
.
Norma Shearer Relationships:
Andrew Shearer - Father
Athole Shearer - Sister
Douglas Shearer - Brother
Edith Shearer - Mother
George Raft - Ex-significant Other
Howard Hughes - Ex-significant Other
Irving Thalberg - Husband (deceased)
Irving Thalberg Jr. - Son
James Stewart - Ex-significant Other
Katherine Thalberg - Daughter
Martin Jacques Arrouge - Husband
Norma Shearer Awards:
1938 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1936 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
1934 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
1931 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
1930 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
1930 Oscar: Best Actress - Winner
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