Esther Howard
Acting • Born 1892-04-02 – Died 1965-03-08
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. From Wikipedia.
Filmography
76 credits
Detour
Movie • 1945
Hedy
The Palm Beach Story
Movie • 1942
Wife of Wienie King
Born to Kill
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Kraft
The Great Flamarion
Movie • 1945
Cleo
The Velvet Touch
Movie • 1948
Pansy Dupont
The Great McGinty
Movie • 1940
Madame Juliette La Jolla
Sullivan's Travels
Movie • 1941
Miz Zeffie
The Falcon's Alibi
Movie • 1946
Gloria Peabody
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Movie • 1946
Filthy Flora, Dripping Dagger Proprietor
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Winner Take All
Movie • 1932
Ann, Joan's Friend
Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie • 1932
Vi
No Man of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
Sappy Birthday
Movie • 1942
Klondike Annie
Movie • 1936
Fanny Radler
My Favorite Blonde
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Topley
Broadway Serenade
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Fellows
A Fool's Advice
Movie • 1932
Mrs. Prescott
Stand-In
Movie • 1937
Mrs, Mack
Rhythm in the Clouds
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Madigan
Sweepings
Movie • 1933
Violet's Madame (Uncredited)
Idle Roomers
Movie • 1944
Hazel's Roommate (uncredited)
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1931
The Mother
The Crooked Way
Movie • 1949
Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
The Best Man Wins
Movie • 1935
Mamie
The Vice Squad
Movie • 1931
Josie
Tee for Two
Movie • 1932
Louisa
The Lady Gambles
Movie • 1949
Gross Lady
Partners in Crime
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Wagon
June Bride
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Mitchell
It Always Happens
Movie • 1935
Mary Clyde
Ladies of the Big House
Movie • 1931
Clara Newman
A Letter for Evie
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Edgewaters
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie • 1944
Sally (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
Movie • 1935
The Hostess
The Virginian
Movie • 1946
Stars Over Broadway
Movie • 1935
Mary Sporesgate
Caged
Movie • 1950
Grace (uncredited)
Below the Sea
Movie • 1933
Lily
M'Liss
Movie • 1936
Rose
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Movie • 1939
Florist
Ready for Love
Movie • 1934
Aunt Ida
Caught on the Bounce
Movie • 1952
Aunt Tildy
Wedlock Deadlock
Movie • 1947
Lydia - Betty's Mother
Boobs in the Woods
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Clyde
San Francisco Docks
Movie • 1940
Jean-Beauty Shop owner
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Extra (uncredited)
The Iron Master
Movie • 1933
Mrs. Stillman
The Yellow Ticket
Movie • 1931
Prisoner
Without Reservations
Movie • 1946
Sarah (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
Movie • 1944
Jesse Florian
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
Landlady
Hellfire
Movie • 1949
Birdie
Champion
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Kelly
Life Begins
Movie • 1932
Mrs. Tubby’s Friend (uncredited)
Jackass Mail
Movie • 1942
Dancehall Girl
Swing, Sister, Swing
Movie • 1938
Miss Fredericks
Adventure
Movie • 1945
Woman with Mudgin in bar
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
Movie • 1939
Cactus Kate Ramsey
Rackety Rax
Movie • 1932
'Sister' Carrie
All That I Have
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Dalton
Scandal Street
Movie • 1938
Birdie Brown
Alex in Wonderland
Movie • 1940
Blanche - Fred's Wife
Song of the Thin Man
Movie • 1947
Sadie (uncredited)
Grand Slam
Movie • 1933
Mary
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Woman (uncredited)
Homicide
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Brucker, Landlady
Dead End
Movie • 1937
Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Streetwalker (uncredited)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Movie • 1932
Mrs. Maggie Kelly
The Big Noise
Movie • 1944
Aunt Sophie
Wicked
Movie • 1931
Extra (uncredited)
Straight from the Heart
Movie • 1935
Tired Mother
Social Sea Lions
Movie • 1940
Singer at Party
Florida Special
Movie • 1936
Flirtatious Dowager (uncredited)
The Victim
Movie • 1931
The Wife