Recenzirajući njen rad, Mick LaSalle ju je nazvao feminističkom pionirkom, ili "primjerom sofisticirane moderne ženstvenosti i... prvom američkom filmskom glumicom koja je učinila da je šik i prihvatljivo biti sama, i ne biti djevica na ekranu".[7]
^"Norma Shearer: 1902 Birth certificate (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)". Arhivirano s originala, 21. 5. 2017. Pristupljeno 21. 5. 2017 – preko CineArtistes.com. Edith Norma Shearer, daughter of Andrew Shearer and Edith May Fisher his wife was born on the eleventh day of August nineteen hundred two, and was baptized on the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred three