Norma Shearer: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Edith Norma Shearer
Born	August 1902 • Montreal • Canada
Died	June 12, 1983 (aged 80) • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1931) • Academy Award (1931): Actress in a Leading Role
Notable Family Members	spouse Irving Thalberg
Married To	Irving Thalberg (1927–1936 [his death]) • Martin Arrouge (married 1942)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Marie Antoinette" (1938) • "He Who Gets Slapped" (1924) • "The Devil's Circus" (1926) • "Broken Barriers" (1924) • "Man and Wife" (1923) • "A Free Soul" (1931) • "Idiot's Delight" (1939) • "The Waning Sex" (1926) • "The Leather Pushers" (1922) • "Blue Water" (1924) • "The Trail of the Law" (1924) • "After Midnight" (1927) • "Lady of the Night" (1925) • "Let Us Be Gay" (1930) • "The Man Who Paid" (1922) • "Strangers May Kiss" (1931) • "A Slave of Fashion" (1925) • "Waking Up the Town" (1925) • "Channing of the Northwest" (1922) • "His Secretary" (1925) • "The Tower of Lies" (1925) • "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg" (1927) • "A Clouded Name" (1923) • "Strange Interlude" (1932) • "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929) • "The End of the World" (1922) • "Private Lives" (1931) • "The Stealers" (1920) • "Pleasure Mad" (1923) • "The Divorcee" (1930) • "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (1929) • "Excuse Me" (1925) • "Broadway After Dark" (1924) • "Pretty Ladies" (1925) • "The Devil's Partner" (1923) • "Upstage" (1926) • "A Lady of Chance" (1928) • "Lucretia Lombard" (1923) • "Her Cardboard Lover" (1942) • "The Demi-Bride" (1927) • "Empty Hands" (1924) • "The Actress" (1928) • "The Wanters" (1923) • "Smilin' Through" (1932) • "Escape" (1940) • "The Snob" (1924) • "The Bootleggers" (1922) • "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1934) • "The Women" (1939) • "Romeo and Juliet" (1936) • "The Latest from Paris" (1928) • "Their Own Desire" (1929) • "The Wolf Man" (1923) • "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" (1929) • "We Were Dancing" (1942) • "Riptide" (1934)