Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer | |
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Shearer in Riptide (1934) | |
| Born | Edith Norma Shearer August 11, 1902 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 12, 1983 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1919–1942 |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Children | 2, including Irving Thalberg Jr. |
| Father | Andrew Shearer |
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Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) 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).
Reviewing Shearer's work, Mick LaSalle called her a feminist pioneer, or "the exemplar of sophisticated modern womanhood and ... the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen".