Portrait of Norma Shearer

Acting

Norma Shearer

Career

Active from 1919 to 1942, busiest in 1924 and 1925 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles
56
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Norma Shearer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Silent Film 4
  • Romance 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Melodramatic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year (2023)

TV show

2000s

1 title ยท average score 67
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Various Roles (archive footage)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 88
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

1 title ยท average score 84
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

1 title
MGM Parade
MGM Parade (1955)

TV show

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 55
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After (1944)

as (archive footage)

Her Cardboard Lover
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
GoodWatch score 49

as Consuelo Croyden

We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing (1942)
GoodWatch score 51

as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska

Escape
Escape (1940)
GoodWatch score 64

as Countess Ruby von Treck

1930s

18 titles ยท average score 61
The Women
The Women (1939)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mary Haines

Idiot's Delight
Idiot's Delight (1939)
GoodWatch score 45

as Irene Fellara

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1938)
GoodWatch score 71

as Marie Antoinette

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as Juliet

Riptide
Riptide (1934)
GoodWatch score 56

as Lady Mary Rexford

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
GoodWatch score 68

as Elizabeth Barrett

Smilin' Through
Smilin' Through (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kathleen / Moonyeen

Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude (1932)
GoodWatch score 47

as Nina Leeds

A Free Soul
A Free Soul (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jan Ashe

The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

as Owner of Stolen Jewels

The Divorcee
The Divorcee (1930)
GoodWatch score 70

as Jerry

Let Us Be Gay
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
GoodWatch score 53

as Kitty Brown

1920s

46 titles ยท average score 68
Their Own Desire
Their Own Desire (1929)
GoodWatch score 49

as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

as Fay Cheyney

The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)

as Mary Elizabeth Dugan

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)
GoodWatch score 85

as Kathi

A Lady of Chance
A Lady of Chance (1928)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dolly Morgan

The Devil's Circus
The Devil's Circus (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mary

Lady of the Night
Lady of the Night (1925)
GoodWatch score 63

as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning

A Slave of Fashion
A Slave of Fashion (1925)

as Katherine Emerson

The End of the World
The End of the World (1925)

as Mary Ellen Hope

He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
GoodWatch score 79

as Consuelo

The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man (1924)

as Elizabeth Gordon

Man and Wife
Man and Wife (1923)

as Dora Perkins

1910s

1 title
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder (1919)

as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)