Esther Howard
Actor
Biography
Esther Howard (April 4, 1892 – March 8, 1965) was an American stage and film character actress who played a wide range of supporting roles, from man-hungry spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in 108 films in her 23-year screen career.
From 1940 to 1949, Howard was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in seven films written and directed by Sturges. From 1937, Howard was a regular player in short-subjects produced at Columbia Pictures, where she was frequently cast opposite comedian Andy Clyde. Her last film was a Columbia comedy short, Caught on the Bounce (1952), in which she played Joe Besser's aunt.
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Filmography
Detour
as Hedy 1945
Murder, My Sweet
as Jesse Florian 1944
I Married a Witch
as Extra (uncredited) 1942
The Palm Beach Story
as Wife of Wienie King 1942
Dead End
as Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited) 1937
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Sally (uncredited) 1944
Champion
as Mrs. Kelly 1949
Song of the Thin Man
as Sadie (uncredited) 1947
Born to Kill
as Mrs. Kraft 1947
Caged
as Grace (uncredited) 1950
The Great McGinty
as Madame Juliette La Jolla 1940
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited) 1944
No Man of Her Own
as Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited) 1950
The Big Noise
as Aunt Sophie 1944
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Vi 1932
Marie Antoinette
as Streetwalker (uncredited) 1938