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...
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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...
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the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and MGM film sound engineer Douglas Shearer. Athole Dane Shearer was born in 1900 in Montreal, Quebec. Her...
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brother of actress Norma Shearer, he won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Shearer was born in Westmount...
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lying at rest beside his wife, Norma Shearer Thalberg Arrouge (Thalberg's crypt was engraved "My Sweetheart Forever" by Shearer). Over the following days,...
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Andrew Shearer married Edith Mary (née Fisher) Shearer in Montreal in 1899 and they had three children: Douglas (b. 1899), Athole (b. 1900) and Norma (b....
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her career, Crawford considered Norma Shearer – the studio's most-popular actress – her professional nemesis. Shearer was married to MGM Head of Production...
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acted alongside Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner. Gable died of a heart attack in 1960 at the age of...
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American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable. A Free Soul became...
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California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped her secure a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With MGM...
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which could honor their work in more than one film. Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer were both nominated for two different roles in the same category. Current...
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also nominated for Best Picture, and won Best Actress for its star Norma Shearer. Ted, Jerry, Paul, and Dorothy are part of the New York in-crowd. Jerry's...
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screenplay by Talbot Jennings. The film stars Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet, and the supporting cast features John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone...
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film debut in Lady of the Night (1925), as a body double for film star Norma Shearer. She appeared in several other films, before she made her major breakthrough...
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Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg and Academy Award-winning actress Norma Shearer. Thalberg was six years old when his father died from pneumonia at the...
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acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released. The film stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated...
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worldly wise, woman." However, according to Thalberg's actress wife, Norma Shearer, Garbo did not necessarily agree with his ideas stating "Miss Garbo...
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It depicts the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March), despite the opposition of her...
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1956, while on a business trip, he was by chance spotted by actress Norma Shearer, who thought he would be right to play the role of her late husband...
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inception of the Oscars. It was awarded to Douglas Shearer, brother of Best Actress winner Norma Shearer, making them the first sibling winners in Oscar...
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in 1932 with Norma Shearer, and in 1941 with Jeanette MacDonald. After Smilin' Through, Schenck closed the New York studios and Norma and Constance moved...
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radio, whose career spanned over five decades. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh began her career appearing in several popular films for MGM which...
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surpassed that of MGM's top leading ladies Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer. She died at the age of 26 of kidney failure while filming Saratoga...
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American silent psychological thriller tragedy film starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert, and directed by Victor Sjöström (credited as Victor...
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architect (famous for Montreal's Expo 67's "Habitat 67" apartment complex) Norma Shearer, actress A. J. M. Smith, poet Edgar William Richard Steacie, chemist...
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American silent romantic drama film directed by Monta Bell. The film stars Norma Shearer in a dual role. Chris Helmer is sentenced to 20 years in prison by Judge...
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Robert Z. Leonard and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, and is based on the 1928 play Strange Interlude by...
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Sunset Boulevard (film) (redirect from Norma Desmond)
her previous life behind her. They also offered the part of Norma Desmond to Norma Shearer, but she rejected the role due to both her retirement and distaste...
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the queen, the most famous of them including the Oscar-nominated 1938 Norma Shearer feature Marie Antoinette (based upon the 1932 book Marie Antoinette:...
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