Mary Howard

Mary Howard

Born: August 24, 1914
Died: June 6, 2009
in Independence, Kansas, USA
Mary Howard - initially in her Hollywood career known as Mary Rogers - was an American dancer and screen actress, in films from 1933 to 1942. In 1945 she wed Broadway producer/director Alfred de Liagre Jr., to whom she remained married until his 1987 death.

Movies for Mary Howard...

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Title: The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Character: Frances Allan
Released: August 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
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Thru Different Eyes
Title: Thru Different Eyes
Character: Constance Gardner
Released: June 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.
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Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Title: Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Character: Diane Rossiter
Released: April 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
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Swamp Water
Title: Swamp Water
Character: Hannah
Released: November 16, 1941
Type: Movie
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Title: Riders of the Purple Sage
Character: Jane Withersteen
Released: October 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posing as vigilantes. This 1941 Fox production stars a young George Kennedy as Lassiter.
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Billy the Kid
Title: Billy the Kid
Character: Edith Keating
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.
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The Wild Man of Borneo
Title: The Wild Man of Borneo
Character: Mary Thompson
Released: January 24, 1941
Type: Movie
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Title: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character: Ann Rutledge
Released: February 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
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Nurse Edith Cavell
Title: Nurse Edith Cavell
Character: Nurse O'Brien
Released: August 31, 1939
Type: Movie
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
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Somewhat Secret
Title: Somewhat Secret
Character: Assistant Dean Emily Godsall
Released: March 29, 1939
Type: Movie
At the Dimsdale Hall Finishing School, Assistant Dean Emily Godsall declares that any student who associates herself with swing music will be severely punished. Complications develop when she finds out that her boyfriend, a chemistry professor at the school, is also a well-known swing bandleader.
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Love on Tap
Title: Love on Tap
Character: Penny
Released: March 18, 1939
Type: Movie
In this musical short, a man tries to woo the manager of a dance troupe.
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Four Girls in White
Title: Four Girls in White
Character: Mary Forbes
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
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Marie Antoinette
Title: Marie Antoinette
Character: Olivia (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1938
Type: Movie
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
Title: Love Finds Andy Hardy
Character: Mary Tompkins
Released: July 22, 1938
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
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Fast Company
Title: Fast Company
Character: Leah Brockler
Released: July 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
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Hold That Kiss
Title: Hold That Kiss
Character: Nurse in Moving Picture
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
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That Mothers Might Live
Title: That Mothers Might Live
Character: Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 1938
Type: Movie
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
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The Face Behind the Mask
Title: The Face Behind the Mask
Character: La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1938
Type: Movie
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.
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What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Title: What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Character: Mary Dosier (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1938
Type: Movie
This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.
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All Over Town
Title: All Over Town
Character: Joan Eldridge
Released: August 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.
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Song of Revolt
Title: Song of Revolt
Character: Pianist (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", came to be written during the French Revolution.
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Torture Money
Title: Torture Money
Character: Nurse Barry (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1937
Type: Movie
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
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My Weakness
Title: My Weakness
Character: Diana Griffith
Released: September 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.