Editing Norma Shearer (section)

== Legacy ==
Shearer's fame declined after her retirement in 1942.<ref>{{cite news|title=MGM may be gone with the wind|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/mgm-may-be-gone-with-the-wind-1.572746|access-date=January 9, 2018|work=The National|date=April 28, 2010}}</ref> She was rediscovered in the late 1950s, when her films were sold to television, and in the 1970s, when her films enjoyed theatrical revivals. By the time of her death in 1983, she was best known for her "noble" roles in ''Marie Antoinette'' and ''The Women''.

A Shearer revival began in 1988, when [[Turner Network Television]] began broadcasting the entire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library. In 1994, [[Turner Classic Movies]] began showcasing her films, most of which had not been seen since the [[Motion_Picture_Production_Code#Breen_era|reconstitution of the Production Code in 1934]]. Shearer's work was seen anew, and the critical focus shifted from her "noble" roles to her pre-Code roles.

{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=cornsilk|align=left|quote=Even for a pampered star, her output in the sound era is strikingly meager. And yet this was part of her undeniable aura – that she did not make movies lightly and frivolously, but with great care, sincerity and conviction.|source=—[[Andrew Sarris]], from ''"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet": The American Talking Film History & Memory, 1927–1949''.{{sfn|Sarris|1998|p=422}}}}

Shearer's work gained more attention in the 1990s through the publication of a series of books. The first was a biography by [[Gavin Lambert]].<ref>Lambert, Gavin (1990). ''Norma Shearer: A Life''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; ASIN 978-0-394-55158-6.</ref> Next came ''Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood'' by Mick LaSalle, film critic at the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''.<ref>LaSalle, Mick. ''Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000; ASIN 978-0-312-25207-6</ref> Mark A. Vieira published three books on subjects closely related to Shearer: a biography of her husband, producer [[Irving Thalberg]];<ref>Vieira, Mark A. ''Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. ASIN 0520260481.</ref> and two biographies of photographer [[George Hurrell]].{{sfn|Vieira|1997|p=22}}{{sfn|Vieira|2013|p=18}} Shearer was noted not only for the control she exercised over her work, but also for her patronage of Hurrell{{sfn|Vieira|2009|p=185}} and [[Adrian (costume designer)|Adrian]],{{sfn|Gutner|2001|p=}} and for discovering actress [[Janet Leigh]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Oliver|first1=Myrna|title=From the Archives: Janet Leigh, 77; Memorable Shower Scene in 'Psycho' Established Her as a Major Star|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-janet-leigh-20041005-snap-story.html|access-date=January 9, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 5, 2004}}</ref> and actor-producer [[Robert Evans (producer)|Robert Evans]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weinraub|first1=Bernard|title=The Rise and Fall and, Now, Rise of Robert Evans|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/20/movies/the-rise-and-fall-and-now-rise-of-robert-evans.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=January 9, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=May 20, 1993}}</ref>

For her contribution to the motion-picture industry, Shearer has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 6636 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/norma-shearer |title=Walk of Fame Stars-Norma Shearer |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=October 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403102410/http://walkoffame.com/norma-shearer |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/norma-shearer/|title=Hollywood Star Walk: Norma Shearer|last=Folkart|first=Burt A.|author2=Priest, Dana |work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> On June 30, 2008, [[Canada Post stamp releases (2005–2009)|Canada Post]] issued a postage stamp in its "Canadians in Hollywood" series to honour Norma Shearer, along with others for [[Raymond Burr]], [[Marie Dressler]], and [[Chief Dan George]].<ref>[http://www.canadapost.ca/corporate/about/announcements/stamp_2008-e.asp Canada Post's 2008 Stamp Program] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602055032/http://www.canadapost.ca/corporate/about/announcements/stamp_2008-e.asp |date=June 2, 2008 }}</ref>

Shearer and Thalberg are reportedly the models for Stella and Miles, the hosts of the Hollywood party in the short story "[[Crazy Sunday]]" (1932) by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rosenfield|first1=Paul|title=The Queen of the MGM Lot: NORMA SHEARER by Gavin Lambert|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-06-bk-441-story.html|access-date=January 9, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 6, 1990}}</ref>

Most of Shearer's MGM films are broadcast on Turner Classic Movies, and many of them are also available on DVD from [[Warner Home Video]]. In 2008, she was inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]]. In 2015, a number of Shearer films became available in high-definition format, authored by Warner Home Video, in most cases, from the nitrate camera negatives: ''A Free Soul'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Marie Antoinette'', and ''The Women''.<ref>[https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/marie-antoinette ''Marie Antoinette'' film profile], justwatch.com; accessed July 17, 2016.</ref>

Shearer is portrayed in director [[David Fincher]]'s film ''[[Mank]]'' by actress Jessie Cohen.