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28 de jul. de 2024 · Norma Shearer was an American motion-picture actress known for her glamour, charm, sophistication, and versatility. Shearer was dubbed the “First Lady of the Screen” by MGM because of her marriage to Hollywood producer Irving G. Thalberg. Shearer, who had been a child model, won a beauty contest at
Known as the “Queen of MGM”, Norma Shearer appeared in over 60 films throughout her 23-year career. Norma successfully transitioned from silent films to talkies in the late 1920s and became one of the most popular actresses in early Hollywood. Norma is remembered for being a strong-willed woman.
Norma Shearer. Actress: The Divorcee. She won a beauty contest at age fourteen. In 1920 her mother, Edith Shearer, took Norma and her sister Athole Shearer (Mrs. Howard Hawks) to New York. Ziegfeld rejected her for his "Follies," but she got work as an extra in several movies. She spent much money on eye doctor's services trying to correct her cross-eyed stare caused by a muscle weakness ...
She replied, "I wanted to!" --reported by Lambert's "Norma Shearer" 1990. "In her final years, Norma Shearer, looking and behaving more like Miss Haversham than one of the 1930s big movie stars, would clutch the wrists of friends visiting her at the Motion Picture Country House hospital in the San Fernando Valley and ask, 'Are you Irving?
Edith Norma Shearer (Montreal, 10 augustus 1902 – Los Angeles, 12 juni 1983) was een Amerikaanse actrice. Ze was geboren en getogen in Canada en verhuisde in 1919 naar de Verenigde Staten. Daar brak ze door in de speelfilmindustrie en groeide ze uit tot een bekende filmster in stomme films .
Edith Norma Shearer (ur. 10 sierpnia 1902 w Montrealu, zm. 12 czerwca 1983 w Woodland Hills) − amerykańska aktorka kanadyjskiego pochodzenia.
Both on-and off-screen, Norma Shearer was known for her sexual liberation and feminine independence. She was one of the true trailblazers for female representation in Hollywood, embracing her own femininity and standing in resistance to the patriarchal powers that controlled Hollywood.
