Timeline Norma Shearer

Canadian-American actress, MGM's first lady in the late 1920s and 1930s and wife of Irving Thalberg.

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1902 Norma Shearer born in Montreal Norma Shearer is born in Montreal.
1927 Norma Shearer marries Irving Thalberg She marries MGM's head of production.
1930 Norma Shearer stars in The Divorcee Her role wins the Oscar for Best Actress.
1936 Norma Shearer plays Juliet She stars in MGM's Romeo and Juliet.
1936 Norma Shearer widowed Irving Thalberg dies at 37.
1938 Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette She plays the French queen in the MGM epic.
1939 Norma Shearer in The Women She leads the all-female cast of George Cukor's comedy.
1942 Norma Shearer retires She makes her last film and leaves Hollywood.
1983 Norma Shearer dies in Woodland Hills Norma Shearer dies aged 80.