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

Biography

Howell's mother was 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 her father was Benjamin Vincent Shevlin. In 1930, she became the first wife of then cameraman

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, an

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. They divorced in 1947. Their son, George Stevens Jr., was founding director of the

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. After her film career ended, she was a nurse's aide at Army hospitals in Southern California during World War II and later served as a volunteer tutor. 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 ''Great Mail Robbery'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. This film survives in the Library of Congress collection incomplete.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Coll ...

'' (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 W ...

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'' (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

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