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Norma Shearer em 1934. Edith Norma Shearer ( Montreal, 10 de agosto de 1902 — Los Angeles, 12 de junho de 1983) foi uma atriz nascida no Canadá e naturalizada norte-americana. Shearer foi uma das atrizes mais populares do mundo a partir de meados da década de 1920 até sua aposentadoria em 1942. Ganhou um Oscar de melhor atriz em 1930 por A ...
Oct 14, 2023 · Norma Shearer historian and collector Darin Barneswill present “The Life & Unexpected Legacy of Norma Shearer” a talk that will explore why Golden Age of Hollywood actress Shearer should have never been a film actress, let alone a superstar. Director D.W. Griffith said her eyes, one of which tended to cross when she was tired, were too blue ...
Actress Born Edith N. Shearer on Aug. 10, 1902 in Montreal, Canada. Died June 12, 1983 of pneumonia in Motion Picture and Television Country House, CA. N orma Shearer was one of the last and most regal of Hollywood's film queens and one of the few to move successfully from silent to sound pictures. For three decades she portrayed some of the ...
Apr 14, 2021 · Norma Shearer in Lady of the Night, 1925 Norma arrived down and out in New York City in 1920 with her mother and sister, hoping to land herself part in the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies. Her father’s company had collapsed after WWI, plunging her family into poverty and she suddenly found herself scraping by in the big city, taking ...
May 18, 2020 · Carole Lombard Came for Norma Shearer. Screwball comedian Carole Lombard, who was known for being particularly outspoken, was apparently incensed when 1930s MGM queen Norma Shearer showed up at ...
Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s all the way to the early 1940s, Shearer’s star shone brighter than most. Turner Classic Movies is dedicating Thursday, Aug. 12, to the actress then known as MGM’s First Lady – who would have turned 108 on Aug. 10.
First Lady of the Screen. Known as the “Queen of MGM”, Norma Shearer appeared in over 60 films throughout her 23-year career. Norma successfully transitioned from silent films to talkies in the late 1920s and became one of the most popular actresses in early Hollywood. Norma is remembered for being a strong-willed woman.
