Yvonne Howell

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

Yvonne Howell
Born	Julia Rose Shevlin (1905-07-31)July 31, 1905 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 27, 2010(2010-05-27) (aged 104) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	American film actress
Spouse	George Stevens ​ ​ (m. 1930; div. 1947)​
Children	George Stevens Jr.
Mother	Alice Howell

Early life

Julia Rose Shevlin was born in Chicago.^[1] Her parents were vaudeville performer and silent actress Alice Howell and Benjamin Vincent Shevlin.^[2]

Career

Howell made films during the silent era, including Fashions for Women (1927) directed by Dorothy Arzner, and Somewhere in Sonora (1927), a Western starring Ken Maynard.^[1] With the advent of sound pictures, she hoped that her distinctive "giggle" would get her roles,^[3][4] but she only appeared in one film after 1930, Working Girls (1931).

During World War II, Howell worked as a nurse's aide at Army hospitals in California.^[1]

Personal life

In 1930, she became the first wife of then cameraman George Stevens, an Academy Award-winning film director.^[5] They divorced in 1947. Their son, George Stevens Jr., was founding director of the American Film Institute.^[6] Howell died at age 104 on May 27, 2010, from cardiac arrest, at her residence of Hollywood.^[7]

Filmography

• Working Girls (1931)
• Take Me Home (1928)
• Hop Off (1928) Short
• Great Mail Robbery (1927)
• Somewhere in Sonora (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