Yvonne Howell


Yvonne Howell was an actress whose career began in silent films.

Biography

Howell's mother was vaudeville performer and silent actress Alice Howell, and her father was Benjamin Vincent Shevlin.
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. 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. She is survived by her son, three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Filmography