Actor
Esther Howard
April 2, 1892 · Butte, Montana, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
William Demarest
5 titles together
Sullivan's Travels, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Frank Moran
5 titles together
Sullivan's Travels, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Great McGinty
Robert Warwick
4 titles together
Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch, The Palm Beach Story
Al Bridge
4 titles together
Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Claire Trevor
4 titles together
Murder, My Sweet, Dead End, Born to Kill
Chester Conklin
4 titles together
I Married a Witch, The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Full filmography · 74
Caught on the Bounce
as Aunt Tildy
1952
All That I Have
as Mrs. Dalton
1951
Caged
as Grace (uncredited)
19507.1
No Man of Her Own
as Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
19506.9
Hellfire
as Birdie
1949
The Lady Gambles
as Gross Lady
19496.1
The Crooked Way
as Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
19496.2
Champion
as Mrs. Kelly
19496.7
Homicide
as Mrs. Brucker, Landlady
1949
June Bride
as Mrs. Mitchell
1948
The Velvet Touch
as Pansy Dupont
19486.2
Wedlock Deadlock
as Lydia - Betty's Mother
1947