The Women
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August 10, 1902 · Montréal, Québec, Canada. Died. June 12, 1983 · Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease) Birth name. Edith Norma Shearer. Nicknames. The First Lady of MGM. Queen Norma. Height. 5′ 1″ (1.55 m) Mini Bio. She won a beauty contest at age fourteen.
Norma Shearer (1902–1983) was a Canadian American film actress who was nominated five times for an Academy Award. She and her sister Athole were assisted in their pursuit of show business careers by their mother Edith Fisher Shearer.
Jun 14, 1983 · Norma Shearer, one of the famed Hollywood stars of the 20's and 30's, died of bronchial pneumonia Sunday at the Motion Picture and Television Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif., a...
Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).
Jan 31, 2013 · Norma Shearer, actor (born 11 August 1902 in Montréal, QC; died 12 June 1983 in Los Angeles, California). Norma Shearer, the daughter of a wealthy Montréal businessman, landed her debut role at MGM in 1920 after a successful modelling career in New York City.
Both on-and off-screen, Norma Shearer was known for her sexual liberation and feminine independence. She was one of the true trailblazers for female representation in Hollywood, embracing her own femininity and standing in resistance to the patriarchal powers that controlled Hollywood.
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.
