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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
Howard Winchester Hawks (* 30. Mai 1896 in Goshen, Indiana; † 26. Dezember 1977 in Palm Springs, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur der klassischen Ära Hollywoods. Hawks profilierte sich genreübergreifend als einer der wichtigsten amerikanischen Filmregisseure seiner Generation.
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.
Edith Norma Shearer wurde nach ihren Geschwistern Douglas Shearer und Athole als jüngstes Kind von Andrew Shearer und Edith Fisher Shearer in Kanada geboren. Mit ihrer Mutter und Schwester ging Norma 1920 in die USA.
In 1938 she met noted film director Howard Hawks, who was immediately smitten with her and did everything he could to persuade her to marry him despite the fact he was already married to Athole Shearer, the sister of actress Norma Shearer.
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.
