Original 1935 Norma Shearer Ardath Cork State Express Film, Stage, and
Radio Stars Cigarette Card, Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June
12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress and Hollywood star from 1925
through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated ingenues.
She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William
Shakespeare, and was the first person to be nominated five times for an
Academy Award for acting, winning Best Actress for her performance in
the 1930 film The Divorcee.