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I always chose sophisticated parts because you can't really be interesting as a young girl or outstanding as an ingenue.

Norma Shearer

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Norma Shearer
Age: 82 †
Born: 1900
Born: August 10
Died: 1983
Died: June 12
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Montreal
Quebec
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