Norma Shearer
Canadian-American actress (1902–1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983)[2][3] was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942.[4] Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women.[5] She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare,[6] and was the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).[7]
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Born | Edith Norma Shearer (1902-08-11)August 11, 1902 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | June 12, 1983(1983-06-12) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, US |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1919–1950s |
Political party | Republican |
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Children | 2, including Irving Thalberg Jr. |
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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".[8]