Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated ingénues. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first person to be nominated five times for an Academy Award for acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930).
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Edith Norma Shearer 11 August 1902 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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12 June 1983 (aged 80) Woodland Hills, California
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Zodiac | Leo |
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