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Norma Shearer

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Norma Shearer: Biography

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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

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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:
Athole Shearer - Sister
Howard Hughes - Ex-significant Other
Martin Jacques Arrouge - Husband
Edith Shearer - Mother
Andrew Shearer - Father
Douglas Shearer - Brother
Irving Thalberg Jr. - Son
Irving Thalberg - Husband (deceased)
Katherine Thalberg - Daughter
James Stewart - Ex-significant Other
George Raft - Ex-significant Other
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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