Norma Shearer is an American actress, was born on August 10, 1902 in Montreal in the family of successful businessman Andrew Shearer and simple housewife Edith Shearer. Parents paid little attention to the upbringing and development of the daughter. The father, due to lack of free time, was always busy with construction work, only occasionally interested in the life of his daughter, and the mother, who was addicted to drugs, was more engaged in her personal life. Already at the age of nine, Norma
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Norma Shearer is an American actress, was born on August 10, 1902 in Montreal in the family of successful businessman Andrew Shearer and simple housewife Edith Shearer. Parents paid little attention to the upbringing and development of the daughter.
The father, due to lack of free time, was always busy with construction work, only occasionally interested in the life of his daughter, and the mother, who was addicted to drugs, was more engaged in her personal life. Already at the age of nine, Norma decided for herself that she would become an outstanding actress, her name would sound all over the world and bring her great success. The mother resisted the choice of her daughter and tried in every possible way to sow doubts in the soul of Norma, assuring her that she was not beautiful enough for this, not smart enough.
Norma Shearer saw her flaws perfectly. Since she was a fairly full teenager with wide, sloping shoulders and slightly slanted eyes, the shadow of doubt about her future, namely, to become an actress, still flashed in her soul. But the girl, despite everything, decided to firmly go to the intended goal.
One day, Norma found out that Universal Pictures is competitively selecting eight girls for a new film. Of the fifty beautiful girls in the room, the chance to be among the eight was so small for Norma that she wandered through each of them with her eyes scattered and doomed, and hopes of victory were slowly fading. But fate on this day was favorable to her, and Norma is among 8 applicants for filming.
In 1921, Norma got her first, very prominent role in the film The Kidnaps. It was this role, with which the actress coped flawlessly, the Hollywood producer liked very much.
Hal Roach In 1923, he offered to sign a contract with the Mayer Company. Norma Schiller considered this contract the most successful in her life after a long series of obstacles.
Since the spring of 1923, Norma has appeared in many successful films. Fees for superbly played roles rose every month. Norma's childhood dream came true - she became a movie star.
Dizzying success, fans, reporters, interviews - Norma plunged into all this with great pleasure. On her account such successful paintings as “Marie Antoinette”, “Women” and many others.
In 1942, Norma announced the end of her acting career.
The great actress died in 1983. For her great contribution to the development of the American film industry, she was awarded a great state award - Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. /