Norma Shearer
Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) 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, winning Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930). 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". |
Birth and Death Data: Born Montreal (largest city in Quebec, Canada), Died June 12, 1983 (Woodland Hills (neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | PCVE-68308 | 12-in. | 9/1/1931 | Test for Miss Norma Shearer | Norma Shearer | Dubbed recording : Talk | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Shearer, Norma," accessed December 29, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104954.
Shearer, Norma. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 29, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104954.
"Shearer, Norma." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 29 December 2025.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85151863
Wikidata: Norma Shearer - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q95019
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54348273
MusicBrainz: Norma Shearer - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a414192-acf8-4611-9870-98794d5a7d09
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/185808 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/185808
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