Children, with Thalberg, Irving Jr. (1930-1988) and Katherine (1935-2006).

Sister of Athole Shearer and twelve time Academy Award winning sound director Douglas Shearer

Daughter of Edith Shearer.

Even after retirement, Norma maintained her interest in the film industry. While staying at a ski lodge, she noticed a photo of the receptionist`s daughter and recommended her to MGM - that girl, became the star known as Janet Leigh. She also discovered a handsome young businessman beside a swimming pool - now actor/producer Robert Evans.

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction.

Sister-in-law of John Ward.

Sister-in-law of Howard Hawks.

Former mother-in-law of Richard Anderson.

At the height of her career, she was earning $6,000 per week.

F. Scott Fitzgerald based one of his most famous stories, "Crazy Sunday," on a party hosted by Shearer, who also inspired the story`s main character, Stella Calman.

Six years after the death of first husband Irving Thalberg, she married a ski instructor 20 years her junior and retired from the screen forever.

Turned down the role of Scarlett O`Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and the title role in Mrs. Miniver (1942).

Her son died in 1988 of cancer. He was a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Her daughter died in 2006 of cancer. A vegan, she headed the Society for Animal Rights in Aspen, Colorado, from 1989.

Was meticulous about her appearance. Early in her career, she spent money she could barely afford on the services on an eye doctor, who trained her to strengthen a weak eye. She swam everyday, had massages to firm her figure, and dieted religiously. She experimented with make-up until she decided on a light tone that would illuminate her face on screen.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 726-728. New York: Charles Scribner`s Sons, 1998.

She is one of the celebrities whose picture Anne Frank placed on the wall of her bedroom in the "Secret Annex" while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam.

She and her brother Douglas Shearer were the first Oscar-winning brother and sister.

In 1927, she insisted on firing the director Viktor Tourjansky because he was unsure of her cross-eyed stare.

She would not remove her wedding ring for a role, preferring to cover it up with flesh-colored tape.

She is commemorated on one of a set of postage stamps (issued in 2008) honoring prominent Canadians in Hollywood. The other stamps feature Marie Dressler, Chief Dan George and Raymond Burr.

Her sons-in-law were skier Jack Reddish, actor Richard Anderson, and Aspen mayor Bill Stirling.

She has there granddaughters from her daughter: Ashley (b. circa 1962), Brooke (b. circa 1964), and Deva (b. circa 1966).

Was offered the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. (1950), but she turned it down. Gloria Swanson, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.

Sister-in-law of John Ward.

Daughter of Edith Shearer

Even after retirement, Norma maintained her interest in the film industry. While staying at a ski lodge, she noticed a photo of the receptionist's daughter and recommended her to MGM - that girl, became the star known as Janet Leigh. She also discovered a handsome young businessman beside a swimming pool - now actor/producer Robert Evans.

Former mother-in-law of Richard Anderson.

Children, with Thalberg, Irving Jr. (b. 1930) and Katherine (b. 1935)

Sister-in-law of Howard Hawks.

Her daughter died in 2006 of cancer. A vegan, she headed the Society for Animal Rights in Aspen, Colorado from 1989.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 726-728. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

Six years after the death of first husband Irving Thalberg, she married a ski instructor 20 years her junior and retired from the screen forever.

Sister of Athole Shearer and twelve time Academy Award winning sound director Douglas Shearer

She would not remove her wedding ring for a role, preferring to cover it up with flesh-colored tape.

In 1927 she insisted on firing the director Viktor Tourjansky because he was unsure of her cross-eyed stare.

She and her brother Douglas Shearer were the first Oscar-winning brother and sister.

She is one of the celebrities whose picture Anne Frank placed on the wall of her bedroom in the "Secret Annex" while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam.

Was meticulous about her appearance. Early in her career, she spent money she could barely afford on the services on an eye doctor, who trained her to strengthen a weak eye. She swam everyday, had massages to firm her figure, and dieted religiously. She experimented with makeup until she decided on a light tone that would illuminated her face on screen.

Her son died in 1988 of cancer. He was a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Turned down the role of Scarlett O`Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and the title role in Mrs. Miniver (1942).

F. Scott Fitzgerald based one of his most famous stories, "Crazy Sunday", on a party hosted by Shearer, who also inspired the story`s main character, Stella Calman.

At the height of her career, she was earning $6,000 per week.

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction.

discovered a handsome young businessman beside a swimming pool - now actor/producer Robert Evans.