Esther Howard
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.699 |
| Birthday | 1892-04-02 |
| Place of Birth | Butte, Montana, USA |
| Also Known As |
1945
Detour
7.239/412
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
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Detour
1942
The Palm Beach Story
7.005/209
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an...
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The Palm Beach Story
1947
Born to Kill
6.72/93
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
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Born to Kill
1945
The Great Flamarion
6.143/35
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
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The Great Flamarion
1948
The Velvet Touch
6.266/32
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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The Velvet Touch
1940
The Great McGinty
6.987/78
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this br...
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The Great McGinty
1941
Sullivan's Travels
7.409/508
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise a...
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Sullivan's Travels
1946
The Falcon's Alibi
5.273/11
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
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The Falcon's Alibi
1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
5.46/25
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
7.164/76
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to...
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Hail the Conquering Hero
1932
Winner Take All
5.375/8
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves...
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Winner Take All
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
6.457/47
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to...
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Merrily We Go to Hell
1950
No Man of Her Own
6.917/48
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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No Man of Her Own
1942
Sappy Birthday
10/1
Andy and his brother-in-law plan a fishing trip but never get beyond the driveway.
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Sappy Birthday
1936
Klondike Annie
6.588/17
Singer Rose Carlton, otherwise known as 'The San Francisco Doll', accidentally kills her controlling boyfriend when he tries to prevent her from leavi...
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Klondike Annie
1942
My Favorite Blonde
6.432/22
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded...
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My Favorite Blonde
1939
Broadway Serenade
6.6/5
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...
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Broadway Serenade
1932
A Fool's Advice
6.667/3
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
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A Fool's Advice
1937
Stand-In
6.528/18
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help f...
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Stand-In
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
7.5/2
Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.
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Rhythm in the Clouds
1933
Sweepings
5.75/8
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the busine...
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Sweepings
1944
Idle Roomers
6.429/7
The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges...
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Idle Roomers
1931
Ship Ahoy
0/0
Two sailors get romantically involved with a mother and daughter.
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Ship Ahoy
1949
The Crooked Way
6.227/33
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his crimin...
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The Crooked Way
1935
The Best Man Wins
6.6/5
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to w...
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The Best Man Wins
1931
The Vice Squad
7/4
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
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The Vice Squad
1932
Tee for Two
8/1
A musical revue in which a golfer is knocked unconscious by a golf ball and dreams that the Country Club is loaded with beautiful girls.
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Tee for Two
1949
The Lady Gambles
6.074/34
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...
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The Lady Gambles
1937
Partners in Crime
8/1
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
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Partners in Crime
1948
June Bride
7.227/11
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
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June Bride
1935
It Always Happens
10/1
While on a business trip, Andy accidentially gets into a compromising position with the wife of a client.
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It Always Happens
1931
Ladies of the Big House
6/3
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
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Ladies of the Big House
1946
A Letter for Evie
6.857/7
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-hal...
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A Letter for Evie
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.851/124
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married some...
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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1935
The Misses Stooge
10/1
Thelma and Patsy get a job working for a magician.
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The Misses Stooge
1946
The Virginian
6.217/23
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot...
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The Virginian
1935
Stars Over Broadway
5.6/5
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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Stars Over Broadway
1950
Caged
7.115/87
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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Caged
1933
Below the Sea
6.667/6
A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.
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Below the Sea
1936
M'Liss
6/2
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteache...
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M'Liss
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
6/6
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she atte...
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1934
Ready for Love
6.167/3
In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her bo...
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Ready for Love
1952
Caught on the Bounce
8/1
Joe Besser needs money to pay back a loan of $2500 and travels to ask his aunt for the money. She boards the train, along with a man who looks like a...
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Caught on the Bounce
1947
Wedlock Deadlock
7/1
Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran...
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Wedlock Deadlock
1940
Boobs in the Woods
7.5/2
Andy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife.
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Boobs in the Woods
1940
San Francisco Docks
7.333/3
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who h...
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San Francisco Docks
1942
I Married a Witch
6.856/225
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when...
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I Married a Witch
1933
The Iron Master
7/2
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the...
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The Iron Master
1931
The Yellow Ticket
5.063/16
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she re...
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The Yellow Ticket
1946
Without Reservations
6.2/20
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't...
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Without Reservations
1944
Murder, My Sweet
7.247/259
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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Murder, My Sweet
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
5.7/5
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes...
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The Lady from Cheyenne
1949
Hellfire
6.438/16
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's missio...
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Hellfire
1949
Champion
6.685/100
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
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Champion
1932
Life Begins
6.25/8
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situati...
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Life Begins
1942
Jackass Mail
7.5/2
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Jackass Mail
1938
Swing, Sister, Swing
8/1
In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long...
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Swing, Sister, Swing
1945
Adventure
6.417/12
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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Adventure
1939
Ride, Cowboy, Ride
6/2
Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to...
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Ride, Cowboy, Ride
1932
Rackety Rax
6.5/2
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual R...
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Rackety Rax
1951
All That I Have
6/2
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to...
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All That I Have
1938
Scandal Street
8/1
Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the smal...
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Scandal Street
1940
Alex in Wonderland
9/1
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fr...
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Alex in Wonderland
1947
Song of the Thin Man
6.753/98
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
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Song of the Thin Man
1933
Grand Slam
4.6/5
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
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Grand Slam
1943
True to Life
8/4
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins t...
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True to Life
1949
Homicide
5.7/10
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead....
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Homicide
1937
Dead End
7.044/148
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
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Dead End
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.514/36
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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Marie Antoinette
1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
7/1
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1944
The Big Noise
6.064/47
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
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The Big Noise
1931
Wicked
5.5/4
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
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Wicked
1935
Straight from the Heart
9/1
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little bab...
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Straight from the Heart
1940
Social Sea Lions
7/1
A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.
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Social Sea Lions
1936
Florida Special
7/3
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.
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Florida Special
1931
The Victim
9/1
Frank Orth is a husband who is hen-pecked both by his wife and by her mother. He comes home on his birthday and finds his wife has given him a birthda...
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The Victim
1933
Second Hand Wife
10/1
A daughter and devious ex-wife complicate an executive's marriage to his secretary.
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