Kathleen Howard

Kathleen Howard

Born: July 27, 1884
Died: April 15, 1956
in Clifton, Ontario, Canada
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Kathleen Howard (July 27, 1884 - April 15, 1956) was a Canadian-born American opera singer magazine editor and character actress from the mid-1930s through the 1940s. She spent her childhood in Buffalo, New York and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery there.

Movies for Kathleen Howard...

Born to Be Bad
Title: Born to Be Bad
Character: Mrs. Bolton
Released: September 28, 1950
Type: Movie
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
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Cry of the City
Title: Cry of the City
Character: Miss Pruett's Mother
Released: September 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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The Bride Goes Wild
Title: The Bride Goes Wild
Character: Aunt Susan
Released: March 3, 1948
Type: Movie
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.
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Cynthia
Title: Cynthia
Character: Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse
Released: August 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
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Curley
Title: Curley
Character: Aunt Martha
Released: August 23, 1947
Type: Movie
The students of Lakeview Elementary devise comedic ways to torment their new teacher.
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The Late George Apley
Title: The Late George Apley
Character: Margaret
Released: March 19, 1947
Type: Movie
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.
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Danger Woman
Title: Danger Woman
Character: Eddie
Released: July 12, 1946
Type: Movie
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
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Centennial Summer
Title: Centennial Summer
Character: Deborah
Released: July 10, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
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Mysterious Intruder
Title: Mysterious Intruder
Character: Rose Denning
Released: April 11, 1946
Type: Movie
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
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Snafu
Title: Snafu
Character: Dean Garrett
Released: November 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
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Shady Lady
Title: Shady Lady
Character: Butch
Released: September 7, 1945
Type: Movie
A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.
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Eadie Was a Lady
Title: Eadie Was a Lady
Character: Aunt Priscilla Alden
Released: January 24, 1945
Type: Movie
In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-butter Columbia productions graced by the contributions of Cole’s in-house dance studio. Cole dances behind Miller in “I’m Gonna See My Baby.” --Museum of Modern Art
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Laura
Title: Laura
Character: Ann's Cook Louise (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1944
Type: Movie
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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Reckless Age
Title: Reckless Age
Character: Sarah Wadsworth
Released: August 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.
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Swing Out the Blues
Title: Swing Out the Blues
Character: Aunt Amanda
Released: December 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the handsome Rich.
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Crash Dive
Title: Crash Dive
Character: Miss Bromley
Released: April 22, 1943
Type: Movie
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
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You Were Never Lovelier
Title: You Were Never Lovelier
Character: Grandmother Acuña (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1942
Type: Movie
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
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Lady in a Jam
Title: Lady in a Jam
Character: Woman
Released: June 19, 1942
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
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The Mad Martindales
Title: The Mad Martindales
Character: Grandmother Varney
Released: May 15, 1942
Type: Movie
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.
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Take a Letter, Darling
Title: Take a Letter, Darling
Character: Aunt Minnie
Released: May 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
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Ball of Fire
Title: Ball of Fire
Character: Miss Bragg
Released: December 2, 1941
Type: Movie
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
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Miss Polly
Title: Miss Polly
Character: Minerva Snodgrass
Released: November 14, 1941
Type: Movie
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
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Blossoms in the Dust
Title: Blossoms in the Dust
Character: Mrs. Sarah Keats
Released: August 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.
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Sweetheart of the Campus
Title: Sweetheart of the Campus
Character: Mrs. Minnie Lambeth Sparr
Released: June 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Title: A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Character: Jawme Duncan
Released: March 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.
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One Night in the Tropics
Title: One Night in the Tropics
Character: Judge McCracken (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
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Mystery Sea Raider
Title: Mystery Sea Raider
Character: Maggie Clancy
Released: October 26, 1940
Type: Movie
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Title: Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Character: Martha Wilcox
Released: September 1, 1940
Type: Movie
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
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Young People
Title: Young People
Character: Hester Appleby
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Miss Wiggins
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
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Little Accident
Title: Little Accident
Character: Mrs. Allerton
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Title: Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Character: Mrs. Kittenhaven
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
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Stolen Holiday
Title: Stolen Holiday
Character: Mme. Delphine
Released: February 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Title: The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935).
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Man on the Flying Trapeze
Title: Man on the Flying Trapeze
Character: Leona Wolfinger
Released: August 3, 1935
Type: Movie
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
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It's a Gift
Title: It's a Gift
Character: Amelia Bissonette
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.
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One More River
Title: One More River
Character: Lady Charwell
Released: August 6, 1934
Type: Movie
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
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You're Telling Me!
Title: You're Telling Me!
Character: Mrs. Murchison
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near. Another of his inventions prohibits him from committing suicide, so Sam decides to go on living.
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Death Takes a Holiday
Title: Death Takes a Holiday
Character: Princess Maria
Released: March 30, 1934
Type: Movie
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.