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Renata Scotto
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Marilyn Horne
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William Clark Gable
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...contract at $350 a week by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M). A small part led Gable to leading roles opposite stars Norma Shearer, Jean Harlow, and Greta Garbo. It Happened One Night, a 1934 comedy directed by Frank Capra, won Gable an "Oscar...
David Oliver Selznick
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...MGM to start his own studio. Some of the investors included his brother, John Hay (Jock) Whitney, and actress Norma Shearer. The New York Times reported that "Selznick did not invest any money, but he owned a little more than half of the...

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Shearer, Norma
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SHEARER, Norma Nationality: American. Born: Edith Norma Shearer in Westmont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada...Jack, and Myron Braun, The Films of Norma Shearer, South Brunswick, New Jersey, 1976...
Shearer, Douglas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SHEARER, Douglas Sound Technician. Nationality...Family: Brother of the actress Norma Shearer. Married Avice (Shearer); two...Hollywood. After visiting his sister Norma in Hollywood, Shearer decided to stay in the United States...
The Women
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...sound: Douglas Shearer. Cast: Norma Shearer (Mrs. Mary S. Haines ); Joan...York, 1988. Lambert, Gavin, Norma Shearer: A Life, New York, 1990. McGilligan...stars—Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Rosalind Russell—...
Jennings, Talbot
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...narrative, and remained faithful to the dialogue. While Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard were much older than the playwright...Fitzgerald) on Marie Antoinette, a sprawling showcase for Norma Shearer. After Thalberg's death, Jennings signed with Paramount...
Thalberg, Irving G.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...New York, 30 May 1899. Family: Married the actress Norma Shearer, 1927. Career: Secretary; 1918—worked...Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring Thalberg's wife Norma Shearer, The Merry Widow, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette...
Garson, Greer
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...and beauty, Greer Garson was the queen of MGM during the World War II years. She inherited the mantles of Garbo and Norma Shearer and therefore starred in the most prestigious films produced by the most prestigious studio in Hollywood. Having had...
Crawford, Joan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...York City, 13 May 1977. Films as Actress: (as Lucille LeSueur) 1925 Lady of the Night (Bell) (as double for Norma Shearer); Proud Flesh (King Vidor) (as party guest); Pretty Ladies (Bell) (as Bobby) (as Joan Crawford) 1925 The...

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LAMBERT'S 'NORMA SHEARER': SAD STORY OF A SILLY LIFE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/31/1990; ; 700+ words ; Even as movie queens go, Norma Shearer led a rather silly life. %EC...in a queenly sort of way. "Norma Shearer" is not, however, a silly book...Does anyone, anywhere, do Norma Shearer imitations today? Did they ever...
Norma C. Shearer
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 2/24/2001; 341 words ; Norma C. Shearer, 74, of St. Charles, died Thursday...Redborg) Carlson. She married Richard D. Shearer on Nov. 17, 1956 and was a member of Questers Antique Group. Mrs. Shearer is survived by five cousins, John...
Making noise: many of Hollywood's most distinctive, Oscar-winning sound effects were the work of a little-known Canadian.(Douglas Shearer)
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...as a film pioneer, Douglas Shearer never became as well-known as his sister. Norma Shearer was in her day one of the most...Athole followed a year later and Norma came along in 1902. Their father, Andrew Shearer, inherited a prosperous lumber...
Good-bye Grandma Shearer.(Snack Food Today)(Company overview)
Magazine article from: Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery; 7/1/2008; 597 words ; ...her husband of 58 years, Jack R. Shearer; children Robert J. (Melissa) Shearer of Canton, Ohio; Susan Marie...Ohio; and Thomas N. (Kathy) Shearer of Canton, Ohio; brothers Robert L. (Norma) McMahon of Massillon and Dr...
Shearer, Pearl
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/1/2002; 262 words ; Shearer, Pearl Friday, February 01, 2002 Shearer, Pearl (Nee Hassel) Jan. 31, 2002. Beloved wife of the late Howard. Dear sister of Elmer (Norma) Hassel. Further survived by other relatives and friends...
Readers write, and not on accident.
Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 7/18/2002; 700+ words ; ...and a pretty-good effort by the usually hammy Norma Shearer. (Sorry if that offends Jimmy C., Shearer...and Peggy Lee). Next up, the aforementioned Norma Shearer. For the rest: Norma Talmadge (silent screen star), Norma Crane...
Stars in Our Eyes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/13/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...indulge Psychomanes. NORMA SHEARER A Biography By Gavin Lambert...Leigh was a protege of Norma Shearer, the subject of Gavin...chance do I have now? Norma sleeps with the boss." The Canadian-born Shearer made herself a movie star...
STAR CONNECTION
Magazine article from: Opera News; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Crawford and her arch-rival, Norma Shearer they are the Callas and Tebaldi...dimpled, smiling, shining Shearer, incandescent with the power...love to play bitches, and [Norma] helped me in the part." Shearer did take all the parts Crawford...
Hollywood's Uncensored Women
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/6/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...by: Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Harlow, Claudette Colbert, Ruth Chatterton, Miriam Hopkins, Norma Shearer -- Norma Shearer?!? That mawkish goody-two-shoes? She may seem an unlikely feminist icon, but examples of her pre...
July 3 Obituaries
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 7/3/2004; 700+ words ; ...birdwatching and feeding squirrels. Surviving are his wife, Norma Shearer; one son, Nicholas H.N. Shearer of Norfolk, Va.; two daughters, Norma O. Sawyer-Kozdra of Sebastian, Fla., and Norena...