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Athole Dane Shearer Hawks (November 20, 1900 – March 17, 1985) was a Canadian-American actress and socialite, who was the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and MGM film sound engineer Douglas Shearer.
Athole Shearer was born on 20 November 1900 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress. She was married to Howard Hawks and John Ward. She died on 17 March 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- November 20, 1900
- March 17, 1985
When Athole Dane Shearer was born on 20 November 1900, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, her father, Andrew Shearer, was 36 and her mother, Edith Mary Fisher, was 27. She married John D Ward in September 1921, in Richfield, Passaic, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
- Female
- Howard Winchester Hawks, John D Ward
Athole Dane Shearer Hawks (November 20, 1900 – March 17, 1985) was a Canadian-American actress and socialite, who was the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and MGM film sound engineer Douglas Shearer.
Norma Shearer. Actress: The Divorcee. She won a beauty contest at age fourteen. In 1920 her mother, Edith Shearer, took Norma and her sister Athole Shearer (Mrs. Howard Hawks) to New York. Ziegfeld rejected her for his "Follies," but she got work as an extra in several movies.
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- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Mar 17, 1985 · Athole Dane Shearer was a Canadian-American model, actress, and socialite. She was the younger sister of actress Norma Shearer and MGM film sound engineer Douglas Shearer. She moved with her mother and sister to New York in about 1916 and took up modeling and acted in bit parts up and down the east coast before moving to California in 1919.
A profile of Howard Hawks' second wife Nancy, known as Slim, who inspired his best films from 1939 to 1946. The article mentions his first wife Athole Shearer, the sister of Norma Shearer, and their troubled marriage.
