Which historical figure did Norma Shearer portray in Marie Antoinette?

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W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke (standing, right) directing Myrna Loy and William Powell during the filming of *The Thin Man* (1934); cinematographer James Wong Howe is on the left.

In the 1938 film Marie Antoinette, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, actress Norma Shearer portrayed the title character, Marie-Antoinette, who was the Austrian archduchess and queen consort of King Louis XVI of France.12