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The following lists the feature films and shorts in which the actress Norma Shearer appeared. After beginning her film career in uncredited roles in silent films, Shearer established one of the most successful film careers of the 1930s. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930, and was nominated for the same award on five other occasions. She retired in 1942.
Year
Title
Role
Director
Other cast members
Notes
1919 The Star Boarder Member of the Big V Beauty Squad
Larry Semon Larry Semon , Lucille Carlisle , Frank Alexander
1920 The Flapper uncredited
Alan Crosland Olive Thomas , Warren Cook
Way Down East Barn dancer
D. W. Griffith Lillian Gish , Richard Barthelmess
The Restless Sex uncredited
Leon D'Usseau , Robert Z. Leonard Marion Davies , Ralph Kellard
Torchy's Millions uncredited
Johnny Hines , Dorothy Mackaill
The Stealers Julie Martin
Christy Cabanne William H. Tooker , Robert Kenyon , Myrtle Morse
1921 The Sign on the Door uncredited
Herbert Brenon Norma Talmadge , Charles Richman , Lew Cody
1922 The Leather Pushers uncredited
Edward Laemmle Reginald Denny , Billy Sullivan Partially lost
The End of the World uncredited
Harvey G. Matherson Jack Pickford
The Man Who Paid Jeanne Thornton
Oscar Apfel Wilfred Lytell , Florence Rogan Lost film
Channing of the Northwest Jess Driscoll
Ralph Ince Eugene O'Brien , Gladden James Lost film
The Bootleggers Helen Barnes
Roy Sheldon Walter Miller , Paul Panzer , Jules Cowles , Hazel Flint Lost film
1923 A Clouded Name Marjorie Dare
Austin O. Huhn Gladden James , Yvonne Logan , Richard Neill
Man and Wife Dora Perkins
John L. McCutcheon Maurice Costello , Gladys Leslie
The Devil's Partner Jeanne
Caryl S. Fleming Charles Delaney , Henry Sedley
Pleasure Mad Elinor Benton
Reginald Barker Huntley Gordon , Mary Alden
The Wanters Marjorie
John M. Stahl Marie Prevost , Robert Ellis , Gertrude Astor Lost film
Lucretia Lombard Mimi Winship
Jack Conway Irene Rich , Monte Blue , Marc McDermott
1924 The Trail of the Law Jerry Vardon
Oscar Apfel Wilfred Lytell , John P. Morse
The Wolf Man Elizabeth Gordon
Edmund Mortimer John Gilbert , Alma Francis , Eugene Pallette Lost film
Blue Water Lillian Denton
David Hartford Pierre Gendron , Jane Thomas Lost film
Broadway After Dark Rose Dulane
Monta Bell Adolphe Menjou , Anna Q. Nilsson , Edmund Burns , Carmel Myers Lost film
Broken Barriers Grace Durland
Reginald Barker James Kirkwood , Adolphe Menjou , Mae Busch Status unknown
Empty Hands Claire Endicott
Victor Fleming Jack Holt , Charles Clary Lost film
Married Flirts cameo appearance
Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick , Conrad Nagel , Mae Busch Lost film
He Who Gets Slapped Consuelo
Victor Sjöström Lon Chaney , John Gilbert , Tully Marshall
The Snob Nancy Claxton
Monta Bell John Gilbert , Conrad Nagel , Phyllis Haver , Hedda Hopper Lost film
1925 1925 Studio Tour herself
Short subject
Excuse Me Marjorie Newton
Alfred J. Goulding Conrad Nagel , Renée Adorée , Walter Hiers , John Boles Status unknown
Lady of the Night Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
Monta Bell Malcolm McGregor , Dale Fuller Joan Crawford appears uncredited as Norma Shearer's body double
Waking Up the Town Mary Ellen Hope
James Cruze Jack Pickford , Claire McDowell , Alec B. Francis Complete LOC
Pretty Ladies Frances White
Monta Bell ZaSu Pitts , Tom Moore , Ann Pennington , Lilyan Tashman Joan Crawford and Myrna Loy appear as chorus girls
A Slave of Fashion Katherine Emerson
Hobart Henley Lew Cody , William Haines , Mary Carr Lost film
The Tower of Lies Glory/Goldie
Victor Sjöström Lon Chaney , Ian Keith , Claire McDowell , William Haines Lost film
His Secretary Ruth Lawrence
Hobart Henley Lew Cody , Willard Louis , Karl Dane Reels 3 and 4 missing
1926 The Devil's Circus Mary
Benjamin Christensen Charles Emmett-Mack , Carmel Myers , John Milian , Claire McDowell
Screen Snapshots herself
Charlie Chaplin , Billie Dove , Leatrice Joy , Elinor Glyn , Paul Bern , William S. Hart , Tom Mix Short subject
The Waning Sex Nina Duane
Robert Z. Leonard Conrad Nagel , George K. Arthur , Mary McAllister
Upstage Dolly Haven
Monta Bell Oscar Shaw , Tenen Holz , Gwen Lee
1927 The Demi-Bride Criquette
Robert Z. Leonard Lew Cody , Lionel Belmore , Tenen Holz , Carmel Myers , Dorothy Sebastian Lost film
After Midnight Mary Miller
Monta Bell Lawrence Gray , Gwen Lee , Eddie Sturgis
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Kathi
Ernst Lubitsch Ramón Novarro , Jean Hersholt , Philippe De Lacy
1928 The Latest from Paris Ann Dolan
Sam Wood George Sydney , Ralph Forbes , Tenen Holz Reel Four Missing
The Actress Rose Trelawny
Sidney Franklin Owen Moore , Gwen Lee , Lee Moran , Ralph Forbes Lost film
Voices Across the Sea herself
Ernest Torrence , John Gilbert , Joan Crawford Short subject
A Lady of Chance Angel Face Crandall
Robert Z. Leonard Lowell Sherman , Gwen Lee , Johnny Mack Brown , Eugenie Besserer
Year
Title
Role
Director
Other cast members
Notes
1929 The Trial of Mary Dugan Mary Dugan
Bayard Veiller Lewis Stone , H. B. Warner , Raymond Hackett , Lilyan Tashman
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Fay Cheyney
Sidney Franklin Basil Rathbone , George Barraud , Herbert Bunston , Hedda Hopper
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 herself as Juliet
Charles Reisner Conrad Nagel , Jack Benny , John Gilbert , Marion Davies , Joan Crawford , William Haines , Buster Keaton , Bessie Love , Marie Dressler "Romeo and Juliet " sequence with Shearer and Gilbert shot in two-color Technicolor
Their Own Desire Lucia "Lally" Marlett
E. Mason Hopper Belle Bennett , Lewis Stone , Robert Montgomery , Helene Millard , Cecil Cunningham Nomination — Academy Award for Best Actress The Divorcee
1930 The Divorcee Jerry Bernard Martin
Robert Z. Leonard Chester Morris , Conrad Nagel , Robert Montgomery , Florence Eldridge Academy Award for Best Actress
Let Us Be Gay Mrs. Katherine Brown
Robert Z. Leonard Marie Dressler , Rod La Rocque , Gilbert Emery , Hedda Hopper , Raymond Hackett , Sally Eilers
1931 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party herself
Charles Reisner Jackie Cooper , Lionel Barrymore , Matthew 'Stymie' Beard , Wallace Beery , Marion Davies , Marie Dressler , Jimmy Durante , Clark Gable , Charlotte Greenwood , Harpo Marx , Ramón Novarro , Anita Page short subject
Strangers May Kiss Lisbeth Corbin
George Fitzmaurice Robert Montgomery , Neil Hamilton , Marjorie Rambeau , Irene Rich
The Stolen Jools herself
William C. McGann Wallace Beery , Buster Keaton , Edward G. Robinson short subject
A Free Soul Jan Ashe
Clarence Brown Leslie Howard , Lionel Barrymore , James Gleason , Clark Gable Nomination — Academy Award for Best Actress Marie Dressler for Min and Bill
Private Lives Amanda
Sidney Franklin Robert Montgomery , Reginald Denny , Una Merkel , Jean Hersholt
The Christmas Party herself
Charles Reisner Jerry Madden , Jackie Cooper , Reginald Denny , Clark Gable , Charlotte Greenwood , Cliff Edwards , Ramón Novarro , Marion Davies , Anita Page short subject
1932 Smilin' Through Kathleen
Sidney Franklin Fredric March , Leslie Howard , O. P. Heggie
Strange Interlude Nina Leeds
Robert Z. Leonard Clark Gable , Alexander Kirkland , Ralph Morgan , Robert Young , May Robson , Maureen O'Sullivan
1934 Riptide Lady Mary Rexford
Edmund Goulding Robert Montgomery , Herbert Marshall , Lilyan Tashman
The Barretts of Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sidney Franklin Fredric March , Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Sullivan Nomination — Academy Award for Best Actress Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night
1936 Romeo and Juliet Juliet George Cukor Leslie Howard , John Barrymore , Edna May Oliver , Basil Rathbone , C. Aubrey Smith Nomination — Academy Award for Best Actress Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld
1938 Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette W. S. Van Dyke Tyrone Power , John Barrymore , Robert Morley , Anita Louise , Gladys George , Joseph Schildkraut , Henry Stephenson Nomination — Academy Award for Best Actress Bette Davis in Jezebel Volpi Cup for Best Actress
Hollywood Goes to Town herself
Herman Hoffman short subject, featuring film performers as themselves
1939 Idiot's Delight Irene Fellara
Clarence Brown Clark Gable , Edward Arnold , Charles Coburn , Joseph Schildkraut , Burgess Meredith , Laura Hope Crews
The Women Mrs. Stephen Haines (Mary)
George Cukor Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell , Mary Boland , Paulette Goddard , Phyllis Povah , Joan Fontaine , Virginia Weidler , Lucile Watson , Marjorie Main , Virginia Grey , Ruth Hussey notable for its all-female cast
1940 Escape Countess Ruby von Treck
Mervyn LeRoy Robert Taylor , Conrad Veidt , Alla Nazimova
1942 We Were Dancing Victoria Anastasia 'Vicki' Wilomirska
Robert Z. Leonard Melvyn Douglas , Gail Patrick , Lee Bowman , Marjorie Main
Her Cardboard Lover Consuelo Croyden
George Cukor Robert Taylor , George Sanders
