Norma Shearer filmography

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.

Silent films : 1919–1928

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
	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	Survives Complete
	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

Sound films : 1929–1942

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	nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (nominated for two films, Shearer won for The Divorcee)
1930	The Divorcee	Jerry Bernard Martin	Robert Z. Leonard	Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Robert Montgomery, Florence Eldridge	won Academy Award for Best Actress
1930	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	nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (won by 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
1932	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
1934	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	Sidney Franklin	Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan	nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (won by 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	nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (won by 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	nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (won by Bette Davis in Jezebel) winner of Best Actress Award at Venice Film Festival
1938	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
1939	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
1942	Her Cardboard Lover	Consuelo Croyden	George Cukor	Robert Taylor, George Sanders

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