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In 1923, Shearer married John Ward, with whom she had a son, Peter. [6] The couple divorced in 1928; and on May 30 that year she married again, this time to film director Howard Hawks, with whom she had two more children: David, born in 1929, and Barbara, born in 1935. [6]
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.
- Female
- Howard Winchester Hawks, John D Ward
Born in Quebec, Canada, she moved to Hollywood in 1919 and started obtaining minor film roles. She made her debut in The Flapper (1920), followed by Way Down East (1920) and The Restless Sex (1920). She was also the sister of actress Norma Shearer and was married to film director Howard Hawks.
Howard Hawks was married three times: to actress Athole Shearer, sister of Norma Shearer, from 1928 to 1940; to socialite and fashion icon Slim Keith from 1941 to 1949; and to actress Dee Hartford from 1953 to 1959. Hawks had two children with Shearer, Barbara and David.
May 1, 2022 · Death: March 17, 1985 (84) Los Angeles, CA, United States. Place of Burial: Glendale, California, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of Andrew Shearer and Edith Shearer. Ex-wife of Howard Winchester Hawks and John Ward. Mother of Private; Private and Peter John Ward.
- November 20, 1900
- Glendale, California, United States
- Montréal, QC, Canada
Hawks had been married since 1928 to Athole Shearer, the sister of Norma Shearer and Douglas Shearer, the sound recordist at MGM. It was Athole’s second marriage (she had a son, Peter, by her first husband). But Athole was not always well.
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