Yvonne Howell Explained

Yvonne Howell
Birth Name:Julia Rose Shevlin
Birth Date:31 July 1905
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:American film actress
Mother:Alice Howell
Children:George Stevens Jr.

Yvonne Howell (born Julia Rose Shevlin; July 31, 1905 – May 27, 2010) was an actress whose career began in silent films.[1]

Biography

Howell was born Julia Rose Shevlin. Her parents were vaudeville performer and silent actress Alice Howell and Benjamin Vincent Shevlin.[2]

In 1930, she became the first wife of then cameraman George Stevens, an Academy Award-winning film director. They divorced in 1947. Their son, George Stevens Jr., was founding director of the American Film Institute.[3]

Howell died aged 104 on May 27, 2010, from cardiac arrest at her residence of Hollywood.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060204590.html Yvonne Stevens, 1920s silent-film comedic and dramatic actress, dies at age 104
  2. Book: Slide . Anthony . She Could Be Chaplin!: The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell . August 29, 2016 . University Press of Mississippi . 978-1-4968-0842-4 . May 1, 2024 . en.
  3. Editorial correction Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2010; page A4
  4. https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20100608-story.html Obituary