Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
	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
Citizenship	Canada; United States;
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1950s
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Irving Thalberg (m. 1927; died 1936); Martin Arrougé (m. 1942);
Children	2, including Irving Thalberg Jr.
Parent	Andrew Shearer (father);
Relatives	Athole Shearer (sister); Douglas Shearer (brother); Cresswell Shearer (uncle);

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".

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