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  Bright Lights Film Journal | Norma Shearer
(Shearer's ultra-chic contemporary style was usually signified by her seductive Deco wardrobe, courtesy of MGM's top designer, Adrian.) Toward the end of her career, George Cukor cast her in a role that comments heavily on this early incarnation — Mary, the devoted mother and victimized wife in the classically catty The Women.
Here, Norma's familiar ruthless buoyancy and unyielding "goodness," contrasted with Joan Crawford's cynical sexuality as Crystal, are subtly ridiculed — a natural development as the '30s drew to a close and the world moved toward war and chaos.
Shearer was married to MGM's production chief Irving Thalberg, and had some degree of freedom in choosing her vehicles, so we can assume she wanted/needed the kind of cultural validation that went along with such parts.
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  Norma Shearer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shearer won the Academy Award for Best Actress[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] for her role in The Divorcee The Divorcee quick summary:
The divorcee is a 1930 film that was written by nick grindé, john meehan and zelda sears, from the novel ex-wife by ursula parrott....
The barretts of wimpole street is a 1934 film detailing the real-life romance between poets elizabeth barrett (norma shearer) and robert browning (fredric...
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 Norma Shearer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was an Canadian actress born in Montreal, Quebec.
Shearer won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Divorcee in 1930.This was one of a series of roles in sophisticated yet racy pre-code dramas, and Norma was at her best.
She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6636 Hollywood Boulevard, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in a crypt emblazoned with the name "Norma Arrouge," next to fellow film star Jean Harlow.
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 Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 - June 12, 1983) was an American actress born in Montreal, Quebec.
Shearer won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Divorcee in 1930.
She was nominated the same year for her role in Their Own Desire, in 1931 for her role in A Free Soul, in 1934 for The Barretts of Wimpole Street, in 1936 for Romeo and Juliet, and in 1938 for Marie Antoinette which was reputedly her favorite role.
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 Robert Montgomery's Leading Ladies - Page One
Joan Crawford was Robert Montgomery's most frequent co-star; Crawford was leading lady in 6 films with Bob.
Norma Shearer co-starred with Robert Montgomery in 5 films (a three-way tie for second place with Rosalind Russell and Madge Evans.) They were:
Rosalind Russell ties for second place with Norma Shearer and Madge Evans for most-frequent co-star.
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 Shearer - Norma Shearer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shearer Elementary School is part of the Napa Unified School District located in Napa County,
Shearer is one of the leading voices in the debate on health insurance Prior to joining Consumers Union in 1985, Ms.
Shearer Hill Farm is a Vermont Bed and Breakfast located minutes from Mount Snow and offers Vermont trip gift certificates.
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 Norma Shearer at Classic Movie Favorites - Index
Norma Shearer, in her first prestigious assignment at MGM, as the object of Chaney's unrequited affection.
Norma Shearer had a career that spanned from silent to sound films allowing her to become one of the greatest stars to come out of the Hollywood system.
Like Garbo, she retired early in life, but left a legacy of wonderful films for us to remember always.
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 Bright Lights Film Journal | Actor Profiles
Jean Arthur — John Oller's Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew is a surprisingly detailed, highly readable account of a complex woman whose integrity and perfectionism — and sometimes pettiness and even arrogance — both fueled her work and undermined it at almost every turn.
Carmen Miranda — The "lady in the tutti-fruitti hat" brought to American wartime audiences an extravagantly seductive surface: the exoticism of her native country, a sensuality tempered by caricature, and outlandish costumes and fruit-laden "hats" that have an unsuspected origin in the fl slums of Brazil.
Norma ShearerShearer's poise, intelligence, her seemingly easy laughter, and sense of high style masked a deep insecurity and a tendency toward depression.
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 Norma Shearer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
She won a beauty contest at age fourteen.
She and her brother Douglas Shearer were the first Oscar-winning brother...
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Norma Shearer
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 Divas - The Site / Home
13/05/07 : Diva Norma Shearer - Various Photographers - 1 image added
12/05/07 : Diva Norma Shearer - George Hurrell - 10 images added
12/05/07 : Diva Norma Shearer - Ruth Harriet Louise - 5 images added
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 Norma Shearer — FactMonster.com
Academy Award-winning actress considered the First Lady of the Screen during the early days of Hollywood, Shearer won a Best Actress
Robert Evans Biography (Movie Producer) - Biography of Robert Evans, The fast-living movie producer who made Chinatown
August 10 Birthdays: Herbert Hoover - August 10 birthdays: Herbert Hoover, Norma Shearer, Rosanna Arquette, Antonio Banderas, Jorge Amado
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