Deceased
How Did Norma Shearer Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 80Also known asEdith Norma Shearer, Queen Norma, Norma Sherer, The First Lady of MGMGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn10/08/1902Born inMontreal, Quebec, CanadaDied12/06/1983Died inMotion Picture & Television Country House and HospitalCausebronchopneumoniaWikidataQ95019 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#88867 ↗
Edith Norma Shearer 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, was nominated six times in all, and won one for Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).
Read full Wikipedia article ↗Filmography53 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a DamnMovie | Self (archive footage) | 113 |
| 2011 | VitoMovie | Self (archive) | 109 |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodMovie | Various Roles (archive footage) | 106 |
| 2004 | Judy Garland: By MyselfMovie | Self (archive footage) | 102 |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand HotelMovie | Self (archive footage) | 102 |
| 2003 | Complicated WomenMovie | Self (archive footage) | 101 |
| 1997 | Sports on the Silver ScreenMovie | Self (archive footage) | 95 |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the StarMovie | Self (archive footage) | 94 |
| 1995 | Legends in Light: The Photography of George HurrellMovie | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! IIIMovie | (archive footage) | 92 |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 88 |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindMovie | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 81 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment!Movie | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 72 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 1970 | Brasileiros em HollywoodMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 1955 | MGM ParadeSeries | — | 53 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years AfterMovie | (archive footage) | 42 |
| 1942 | We Were DancingMovie | Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska | 40 |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundMovie | Self | 38 |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the WorldMovie | Self | 38 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovie | Self | 38 |
| 1939 | Idiot's DelightMovie | Irene Fellara | 37 |
| 1939 | The WomenMovie | Mary Haines | 37 |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the EarthMovie | Self | 37 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Movie | Norma Shearer | 37 |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to TownMovie | Self | 36 |
| 1938 | Another Romance of CelluloidMovie | Self (uncredited) | 36 |
| 1938 | Marie AntoinetteMovie | Marie Antoinette | 36 |
| 1937 | The Romance of CelluloidMovie | Self (archive footage) | 35 |
| 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole StreetMovie | Elizabeth Barrett | 32 |
| 1932 | The Movie AlbumMovie | (archive footage) | 30 |
| 1932 | Strange InterludeMovie | Nina Leeds | 30 |
| 1931 | A Free SoulMovie | Jan Ashe | 29 |
| 1931 | The Christmas PartyMovie | Herself | 29 |
| 1931 | We’re Switching to HollywoodMovie | Self | 29 |
| 1931 | Private LivesMovie | Amanda Prynne | 29 |
| 1930 | The DivorceeMovie | Jerry | 28 |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929Movie | Self / Juliet | 27 |
| 1929 | The Trial of Mary DuganMovie | Mary Elizabeth Dugan | 27 |
| 1928 | The Student Prince in Old HeidelbergMovie | Kathi | 26 |
| 1927 | After MidnightMovie | Mary Miller | 25 |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio TourMovie | Self | 23 |
| 1925 | Lady of the NightMovie | Molly Helmer / Florence Banning | 23 |
| 1924 | Broadway After DarkMovie | Rose Dulane | 22 |
| 1924 | Broken BarriersMovie | Grace Durland | 22 |
| 1924 | He Who Gets SlappedMovie | Consuelo | 22 |
| 1924 | Blue WaterMovie | Lillian Denton | 22 |
| 1923 | Pleasure MadMovie | Elinor Benton | 21 |
| 1923 | Lucretia LombardMovie | Mimi Winship | 21 |
| 1920 | Way Down EastMovie | Barn Dancer (uncredited) | 18 |
| 1920 | Torchy's MillionsMovie | (uncredited) | 18 |
| 1920 | The Restless SexMovie | Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited) | 18 |