- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAthole Dane Shearer
- Athole Shearer was born on November 20, 1900 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress. She was married to Howard Hawks and John Ward. She died on March 17, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesHoward Hawks(May 28, 1928 - December 5, 1940) (divorced, 2 children)John Ward(1923 - 1928) (divorced, 1 child)
- Parents
- RelativesNorma Shearer(Sibling)Douglas Shearer(Sibling)
- As recounted by Gavin Lambert in his biography of Norma Shearer, by the late 1950s and into the 1960s, Miss Shearer had a dread of mental illness overtaking her. Or, as she put it to intimates, a fear "of going Athole's way.".
- Spent many years at a mental hospital, where she died in 1985.
- Sister of Norma Shearer and Douglas Shearer
- Sister-in-law of Irving Thalberg.
- Daughter of Edith Shearer
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