Athole Shearer Hawks (November 20, 1900 â€" March 17, 1985) was a
Canadian American actress, who was the sister of motion picture star
Norma Shearer and MGM film sound engineer Douglas Shearer.Athole Dane
Shearer was born in 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her parents
divorced when she was a teenager, after which her brother Douglas
remained with their father Andrew in Canada, while she and her sister
Norma moved to New York City with their mother Edith, who hoped to get
her daughters into show business.In 1920, the sisters appeared as
extras and in bit parts in productions filmed on location in New York,
New Jersey, and Florida; but soon Edith relocated with them to
California with the intention of securing contracts with one of the
fast-growing studios in Hollywood.
Canadian American actress, who was the sister of motion picture star
Norma Shearer and MGM film sound engineer Douglas Shearer.Athole Dane
Shearer was born in 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her parents
divorced when she was a teenager, after which her brother Douglas
remained with their father Andrew in Canada, while she and her sister
Norma moved to New York City with their mother Edith, who hoped to get
her daughters into show business.In 1920, the sisters appeared as
extras and in bit parts in productions filmed on location in New York,
New Jersey, and Florida; but soon Edith relocated with them to
California with the intention of securing contracts with one of the
fast-growing studios in Hollywood.
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