Rebecca Romijn-Stamos

She also starred in the movie Rollerball with Chris Klein. See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. She had her first leading role in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (2002). Athole Shearer died in 1985 in Los Angeles, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. In 2000's X-Men, she had her first major movie role as "Mystique"; she returned to the role in 2003's sequel X2: X-Men United. In these movies her costume consisted of blue makeup and some strategically placed prosthetics on her otherwise nude body. She spent many years in mental institutions until her illness was properly diagnosed. Professionally she has returned to using her birth name, an indication that the separation is probably permanent. Although she was the most attractive of the two Shearer sisters, her film career was limited to a few bit parts because of her personal difficulties.

The couple separated in 2004. Athole Shearer suffered from bipolar disorder that went unrecognized for years resulting in her suffering numerous problems. She married actor John Stamos in 1998. They divorced twelve years later in 1940 at a turbulent time for Hawks who had been fired by studio owner Howard Hughes as the director of the film The Outlaw. Among other jobs, she modeled for the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated and for Victoria's Secret. In 1923, Athole Shearer married John Ward with whom she would have a son. Divorced, in 1928 she married again, this time to noted film director Howard Hawks (1896-1977). While studying music at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she became involved with modelling and eventually moved to Paris, France for more than two years. As a teenager, her divorced mother moved the two girls to New York City and then to Hollywood and in 1920 she obtained her first minor film roll.

She was born Rebecca Romijn in Berkeley, California to parents with Dutch ancestry. Shearer was born in Montreal, Quebec. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (born November 6, 1972) is a former supermodel currently making the switch to become an actress. Athole Shearer (November 20, 1900 - March 17, 1985) was an actress most noted as the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and film sound engineer Douglas Shearer. The Flapper (1920). Way Down East (1920).

The Restless Sex (1920).