Esther Howard
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1892-04-02 – 1965-03-08 · 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.
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- Sullivan's Travels (1941) — Miz Zeffie
- Detour (1945) — Hedy
- Murder, My Sweet (1944) — Jesse Florian
- I Married a Witch (1942) — Extra (uncredited)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) — Wife of Wienie King
- Dead End (1937) — Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) — Sally (uncredited)
- Song of the Thin Man (1947) — Sadie (uncredited)
- Champion (1949) — Mrs. Kelly
- Born to Kill (1947) — Mrs. Kraft
- Caged (1950) — Grace (uncredited)
- The Great McGinty (1940) — Madame Juliette La Jolla
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) — Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
- The Big Noise (1944) — Aunt Sophie
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) — Vi
- No Man of Her Own (1950) — Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
- Marie Antoinette (1938) — Streetwalker (uncredited)
- The Great Flamarion (1945) — Cleo
- The Velvet Touch (1948) — Pansy Dupont
- The Lady Gambles (1949) — Gross Lady
- The Crooked Way (1949) — Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) — Filthy Flora, Dripping Dagger Proprietor
- The Virginian (1946)
- My Favorite Blonde (1942) — Mrs. Topley