Want to know the best Norma Shearer movies? How about the worst Norma Shearer movies? Curious about Norma Shearer’s box office grosses or which Norma Shearer movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Norma Shearer movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place.
Norma Shearer (1902-1983) was one of the most popular actresses from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. From 1929 to 1938 she picked up an incredible 6 Best Actress Oscar® nominations. She was the third woman ever to win a Best Actress Oscar®. She won for 1930’s The Divorcee. By 1942 she had appeared in her last movie and spent the rest of her life shunning the limelight. Her IMDb page shows 62 acting credits from 1919-1942. This page ranks Norma Shearer movies in 6 different columns of sortable information. Sadly some of her silent movies did not make the table due to lack of box office grosses.
Norma Shearer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Norma Shearer Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Norma Shearer movies by co-stars or in some cases directors
- Sort Norma Shearer movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Norma Shearer movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Norma Shearer movies by how the movie was received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Norma Shearer movie received.
- Sort Norma Shearer movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Norma Shearer
1. Norma Shearer’s childhood was spent in Montreal, Canada. After winning a beauty contest at age 14, Shearer’s mother took Norma and her sister to New York City in 1920 to audition for Ziegfeld’s Follies.
2. Although Shearer was rejected as a Ziegfeld Follie…she found roles as an extra in movies. By 1923 she had secured a 5-year contract with MGM.
3. Due to muscle weakness in her eyes…Norma Shearer had a cross-eyed stare.
4. Norma Shearer’s sister, Athole, married legendary director, Howard Hawks. So for 12 years, Howard Hawks was Norma’s brother-in-law.
5. Norma Shearer’s brother, Douglas Shearer, was a 12 time Oscar® winner. He won his Oscars® for sound recording. Norma and Douglas were the first brother and sister to be Oscar® winners.
6. Norma Shearer was married twice. Her first marriage was to a movie studio executive, Irving Thalberg. They were married from 1927 until his death in 1936. They had two children a boy and a girl. Irving Thalberg was the subject of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last novel…The Last Tycoon. Robert DeNiro played the Thalberg character in the movie…The Last Tycoon. Shearer’s second marriage was to Martin Arrouge. She was married to Arrouge from 1942 until her death.
7. Norma Shearer was offered the part of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind. Due to negative fan feedback…she decided to not accept the offer to play the part.
8. While staying at a ski lodge, Norma Shearer noticed a photo of the receptionist’s daughter and recommended her to MGM. The receptionist’s daughter was Jamie Lee Curtis’ mom….Janet Leigh.
9. Norma Shearer always refused to take her wedding ring off while making her movies. She preferred to cover it up with flesh-colored tape.
10. Check out Norma Shearer’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Great work. What about some numbers on Frank Sinatra?
@Me….thanks. I have been thinking about doing a Frank Sinatra page for a very long time…I have all of his movies researched…so I guess it is time to finally do his Cogerson Movie Score page. I like to do a classic star and then a current star….right now I am working on a current star…but after I finish that one…I will finally do my Frank Sinatra page.
Very well done! Nice going 🙂
Thank you I appreciate the kind words.
She was a great one. 6 Oscar nominations is pretty good for a career much less in 8 years.
@Jackson…..I agree with you. 6 noms in 8 years is even better than Streep…..I think.
Interesting stuff. Thanks for the hard work you obviously did on this website.
Hey R.C…..thanks for the compliment
I have heard of Norma Shearer but not sure if I have seen any of her movies – a couple of the titles sound fsmiliar. I found it interesting thst she spent her childhood in Montreal as I was born in Montreal and got married there but then moved to Virginia where I had two sons, Bobby and Bruce. ANOTHER GOOD ONE SON.
Hey BERN1960…..thanks for stopping by. Shearer was probably the Julia Roberts of her time..it is kind of sad that not many people seem to remember her. Thanks for the visit and the comment. I know you Montreal people have to stick together.