Norma Shearer

Shearer deserves far more remembrance than she gets today. As the first performer to earn five Academy Award acting nominations, and a winner for The Divorcee, she was a genuine architect of early sound-era stardom. What strikes me is how she chose roles, often spirited, sexually liberated women that pushed against the era's conventions. A Montreal girl who climbed to the very summit of Hollywood, she embodies both reinvention and quiet steel. The Volpi Cup and her Walk of Fame star are well earned. I find her career a reminder of how much silent-to-talkie talent risks fading from memory.

Name (English)

Norma Shearer

Name (Japanese)

ノーマ・シアラー

Reading

のーま・しあらー

Born

August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

Origin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Occupation

model / stage actor / film actor / actor

High school

High School of Montreal

Awards & achievements

• 1930 Academy Award for Best Actress
• 2008 Canada's Walk of Fame
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 1938 Volpi Cup for Best Actress

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma%20Shearer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95019

Tags

• Quebec
• model
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.