--- name: "Norma Shearer" canonical: "https://film.one/person/norma-shearer" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 August 1902" died: "12 June 1983" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 67 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-19T23:11:47.179249+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Norma Shearer Actor. Born 10 August 1902 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Died 12 June 1983. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 August 1902, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - **Died:** 12 June 1983 - **Active:** 1932–1936 - **Also known as:** Edith Norma Shearer, Queen Norma, Norma Sherer, The First Lady of MGM - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other - **Frequently works with:** [Irving Thalberg](https://film.one/person/irving-thalberg.md), [Claudine West](https://film.one/person/claudine-west.md), [Ernest Vajda](https://film.one/person/ernest-vajda.md), [Fredric March](https://film.one/person/fredric-march.md), [Leslie Howard](https://film.one/person/leslie-howard.md), [Sidney Franklin](https://film.one/person/sidney-franklin.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 4 nominated) - **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 62 (1), 1930s 67 (3) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Shearer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88867 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Hollywood Revue of 1929*](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) (62) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress. Born in Montreal, she began her career in silent films and became one of MGM's leading stars from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Shearer won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in *The Divorcee* (1930). She appeared in notable films including *Romeo and Juliet* (1936) as Juliet and *The Women* (1939) as Mary Haines. She was married to MGM producer Irving G. Thalberg from 1927 until his death in 1936. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these - *Romeo and Juliet* (1936), Fi1m 63, as Juliet — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet.md) - *The Barretts of Wimpole Street* (1934), Fi1m 72, as Elizabeth Barrett — [page](https://film.one/film/the-barretts-of-wimpole-street.md) - *Smilin' Through* (1932), Fi1m 67, as Kathleen / Moonyeen — [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, as Self / Juliet — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) ## Complete filmography (74) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year* (2023), series, Actor - *Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood* (2008), as Various Roles (archive footage) - *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *MGM Parade* (1955), series, Actor - *Twenty Years After* (1944), as (archive footage) - *Her Cardboard Lover* (1942), as Consuelo Croyden - *We Were Dancing* (1942), as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska - *Escape* (1940), as Countess Ruby von Treck - *The Women* (1939), as Mary Haines - *Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8* (1939), as Norma Shearer - *Idiot's Delight* (1939), as Irene Fellara - *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as Marie Antoinette - *Romeo and Juliet* (1936), as Juliet — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-and-juliet.md) - *Master Will Shakespeare* (1936), as Juliet (uncredited) - *The Barretts of Wimpole Street* (1934), as Elizabeth Barrett — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-barretts-of-wimpole-street.md) - *Riptide* (1934), as Lady Mary Rexford - *The Film Parade* (1933), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Strange Interlude* (1932), as Nina Leeds - *Smilin' Through* (1932), as Kathleen / Moonyeen — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md) - *The Movie Album* (1932), as (archive footage) - *Private Lives* (1931), as Amanda Prynne - *A Free Soul* (1931), as Jan Ashe - *The Stolen Jools* (1931), as Owner of Stolen Jewels - *Strangers May Kiss* (1931), as Lisbeth Corbin - *Let Us Be Gay* (1930), as Kitty Brown - *The Divorcee* (1930), as Jerry - *Their Own Desire* (1929), as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett - *The Last of Mrs. Cheyney* (1929), as Fay Cheyney - *The Trial of Mary Dugan* (1929), as Mary Elizabeth Dugan - *A Man's Man* (1929), as Norman Shearer (uncredited) - *A Lady of Chance* (1928), as Dolly Morgan - *The Actress* (1928), as Rose Trelawny - *The Latest from Paris* (1928), as Ann Dolan - *The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg* (1928), as Kathi - *After Midnight* (1927), as Mary Miller - *The Demi-Bride* (1927), as Criquette - *Upstage* (1926), as Dolly Haven - *The Waning Sex* (1926), as Nina Duane - *The Devil's Circus* (1926), as Mary - *His Secretary* (1925), as Ruth Lawrence - *The Tower of Lies* (1925), as Glory/Goldie - *Pretty Ladies* (1925), as Frances White - *A Slave of Fashion* (1925), as Katherine Emerson - *The End of the World* (1925), as Mary Ellen Hope - *The End of the World* (1925), as Mary Ellen Hope - *Waking Up the Town* (1925), as Mary Ellen Hope - *Lady of the Night* (1925), as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning - *Excuse Me* (1925), as Marjorie Newton - *He Who Gets Slapped* (1924), as Consuelo - *The Snob* (1924), as Nancy Claxton - *Married Flirts* (1924), as Norma Shearer (uncredited) - *Broken Barriers* (1924), as Grace Durland - *Empty Hands* (1924), as Claire Endicott - *Broadway After Dark* (1924), as Rose Dulane - *Blue Water* (1924), as Lillian Denton - *The Wolf Man* (1924), as Elizabeth Gordon - *The Trail of the Law* (1924), as Jerry Vardon - *Lucretia Lombard* (1923), as Mimi Winship - *The Wanters* (1923), as Marjorie - *Pleasure Mad* (1923), as Elinor Benton - *The Devil's Partner* (1923), as Jeanne - *Man and Wife* (1923), as Dora Perkins - *A Clouded Name* (1923), as Marjorie Dare - *Channing of the Northwest* (1922), as Jess Driscoll - *The Taming of the Shrewd* (1922), as Rose Del Mar - *The Bootleggers* (1922), as Helen Barnes - *The Man Who Paid* (1922), as Jeanne Thornton - *The Restless Sex* (1920), as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited) - *Torchy's Millions* (1920), as (uncredited) - *The Stealers* (1920), as Julie Martin - *Way Down East* (1920), as Barn Dancer (uncredited) - *The Flapper* (1920), as Schoolgirl (uncredited) - *The Star Boarder* (1919), as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-a70fd822fb09.jpg) Norma Shearer — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Norma_Shearer_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Norma_Shearer_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Norma Shearer [in short dress]. (1927)](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-544f7d8522b5.jpg) Norma Shearer [in short dress]. (1927) — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Norma_Shearer_in_short_dress.jpg/1280px-Norma_Shearer_in_short_dress.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Photograph of Norma Shearer sitting](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-ae14a119df2b.jpg) Photograph of Norma Shearer sitting — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Norma_Shearer_portrait.jpg/1280px-Norma_Shearer_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Still from the film Broken Barriers (1924) with Norma Shearer and James Kirkwood. Subjects: motion pictures, actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-d722e2cb8c56.jpg) Still from the film Broken Barriers (1924) with Norma Shearer and James Kirkwood. Subjects: motion pictures, actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Broken_Barriers_%28SAYRE_14132%29.jpg/1280px-Broken_Barriers_%28SAYRE_14132%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-bab68ba493d2.jpg) Norma Shearer — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-3ccfa73eb204.jpg) Norma Shearer — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-4da62e30ae37.jpg) Norma Shearer — Image via TMDB - ![Chester Morris and Norma Shearer as Ted Martin and Jerry Martin in the American drama film The Divorcee (1930).](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-9c3f690aad89.jpg) Chester Morris and Norma Shearer as Ted Martin and Jerry Martin in the American drama film The Divorcee (1930). — Robert Z. Leonard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Chester_Morris_and_Norma_Shearer_in_The_Divorcee_%281930%29.jpg/1280px-Chester_Morris_and_Norma_Shearer_in_The_Divorcee_%281930%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Photograph of Norma Shearer decorating tree. (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-fb48c4858622.jpg) Photograph of Norma Shearer decorating tree. (1925) — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Norma_shearer_decorating_tree.jpg/1280px-Norma_shearer_decorating_tree.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-593187925e50.jpg) Norma Shearer — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-6285d3c6c579.jpg) Norma Shearer — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Shearer](https://film.one/media/person/1224113/gallery-ef3fdf631dc5.jpg) Norma Shearer — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 4 nominated - 1939: Best Actress (nominated), for *Marie Antoinette* - 1937: Best Actress (nominated), for *Romeo and Juliet* - 1935: Best Actress (nominated), for *The Barretts of Wimpole Street* - 1931: Best Actress (nominated), for *A Free Soul* - 1930: Best Actress (won), for *The Divorcee* ### Other awards — 2 won - Canada's Walk of Fame 2008: Canada's Walk of Fame (won) - Volpi Cup for Best Actress 1938: Volpi Cup for Best Actress (won), for *Marie Antoinette* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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