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Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 - June 12, 1983) was an American actress born in Montreal, Quebec.

Norma Shearer

She was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Starting as a film extra in 1920, she was already a popular star in 1927 when she married MGM's second-in-command Irving Thalberg, with whom she had two children. 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.

After Thalberg died in 1936, Shearer embarked upon a series of little known but enthusiastic love affairs, including one with teenage film star Mickey Rooney and tough-guy actor George Raft. She retired from acting in 1942 and married Martín Arrouge, a ski enthusiast quite a few years her junior. Confounding the skeptics, they were still happily married at the time of her death, though in her declining years she reportedly called Arrouge "Irving."

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 film star Jean Harlow.


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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 film star Jean Harlow. She is married to Sir Trevor Nunn; they have two children. Confounding the skeptics, they were still happily married at the time of her death, though in her declining years she reportedly called Arrouge "Irving.". She has also appeared on television and on stage. She retired from acting in 1942 and married Martín Arrouge, a ski enthusiast quite a few years her junior. Her films include Privileged, Erik the Viking, True Colors, Jack and Sarah, Sense and Sensibility, and Twelfth Night. After Thalberg died in 1936, Shearer embarked upon a series of little known but enthusiastic love affairs, including one with teenage film star Mickey Rooney and tough-guy actor George Raft. She then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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. When her family moved to a barge in London, she was educated at St Paul's Girls School in Hammersmith and Westminster School, and then took her degree at the University of Oxford. Starting as a film extra in 1920, she was already a popular star in 1927 when she married MGM's second-in-command Irving Thalberg, with whom she had two children. Shearer won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Divorcee in 1930. She was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Imogen Stubbs (born 21 November 1961) is a British actress. Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 - June 12, 1983) was an American actress born in Montreal, Quebec.