Norma Shearer

Norma was a naturalized U.S citizen, having been born in Montreal.

Norma was payed $150,000 to appear in Marie Antoinette in 1938.

Norma married ski instructor Martin Arrouge in 1942 and they remain married until her death in 1983.

Norma retired completely from films in 1942, and her last film was Her Cardboard Lover.

Norma turned down the role of Mrs.Miniver in Mrs.Miniver, it would later go to Greer Garson.

Norma was one of the celebrities whose picture Anne Frank placed on the wall of her bedroom while hiding in the "Secret Annex" in Amsterdam.

Both of Norma's children died of cancer.

Norma is interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA.

Norma turned down the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. The role would later go to Vivian Leigh.

Norma had two children; Irving Jr., born in 1930, and Katherine, born in 1935.

Norma's brother is the twelve time Academy award winning sound director Douglas Shearer.

Norma was married to Irving Thalberg the C.E.O. of MGM Studios from 1927 until his death in 1936.

Norma won a beauty contest at the age of fourteen.

Norma has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6636 Hollywood Boulevard.

Norma had a lazy eye and so often appeared in movie scenes with a hat that would shadow her lazy eye.

Norma converted to Judaism in 1927.

Norma is the only actress to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress twice in the same year, as the Oscar rules prior to 1930 dictated an actress could be nominated for two roles.