Norma Shearer (1902 - 1983)

Canadian actress, popular from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Winner of an Academy Award for The Divorcee.

*		August 10, 1902 Montréal, Canada
		as Edith Norma Shearer
†		June 12, 1983 Woodland Hills, California, USA

Photoplay, April 1930

Photoplay, April 1932

Photoplay, January 1936

Mon Ciné, nr. 161, 19 March 1925

Photoplay, January 1928

Photoplay, February 1928

		Gavin Lambert Norma Shearer London, 1990

		Lawrence J. Quirk Norma, The Story of Norma Shearer 1988

		Jack Jacobs and Myron Braum The films of Norma Shearer South Brunswick, 1976

		Adrienne L. McLean (ed.) Glamour in a golden age, Movie stars of the 1930s New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

		Jeanine Basinger The Star Machine 2007

		Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area 2006

		Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

		Andrew Sarris "You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949 New York, Oxford, 1998

		Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era Chicago and London, 1990

		James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

		Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world London, [1931]

		Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 New York, London, Oxford, 2005

		David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film New York, 2003

		Frank N. Magill (ed.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1984, A Survey of 1983 Films Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984 pp. 636-637

		Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book, The sound era Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

		Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures Chicago, Ill., 1929

		Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk New York, 1925

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

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