Yvonne Howell (born Julia Rose Shevlin; July 31, 1905 – May 27, 2010) was an actress whose career began in silent films.

Biography

Howell was born Julia Rose Shevlin. Her parents were vaudeville performer and silent actress

Alice Howell Alice Howell (born Alice Florence Clark; May 20, 1886 – April 12, 1961) was a silent film comedy actress from New York City. She was the mother of actress Yvonne Howell. Biography Early reviews of her movies describe her as ''"the scream of ...

and Benjamin Vincent Shevlin. In 1930, she became the first wife of then cameraman

George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ...

, an

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-winning

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. They divorced in 1947. Their son,

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, was founding director of the

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. Howell died aged 104 on May 27, 2010, from cardiac arrest at her residence of Hollywood.Obituary
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'', June 8, 2010; page AA6.

Filmography

* '' Working Girls'' (1931) * '' Take Me Home'' (1928) * ''Hop Off'' (1928) Short * '' Great Mail Robbery'' (1927) * ''

Somewhere in Sonora ''Somewhere in Sonora'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film of the same name. The story was based on a 1925 novel named "Somewhere South" by Wil ...

'' (1927) * '' Fashions for Women'' (1927) * ''The Lady of Lyons, N.Y.'' (1926) Short * ''A Fraternity Mixup'' (1926) Short * ''Flaming Flappers'' (1925) Short * ''Transients in Arcadia'' (1925) Short * ''Harem Follies'' (1924) Short

References

External links

* 1905 births 2010 deaths 20th-century American actresses American women centenarians American film actresses American silent film actresses Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub