Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Born to Be Bad
1950
as Mrs. Bolton
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 o...
Cry of the City
1948
as Miss Pruett's Mother
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 clien...
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Aunt Susan
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 ha...
Cynthia
1947
as Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
Curley
1947
as Aunt Martha
The students of Lakeview Elementary devise comedic ways to torment their new teacher.
The Late George Apley
1947
as Margaret
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 ...
Danger Woman
1946
as Eddie
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
Centennial Summer
1946
as Deborah
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 expositio...
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as Rose Denning
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
Snafu
1945
as Dean Garrett
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...
Shady Lady
1945
as Butch
A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.
Eadie Was a Lady
1945
as Aunt Priscilla Alden
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 tro...
Laura
1944
as Ann's Cook Louise (uncredited)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Reckless Age
1944
as Sarah Wadsworth
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 ...
Swing Out the Blues
1943
as Aunt Amanda
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 proble...
Crash Dive
1943
as Miss Bromley
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...
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Grandmother Acuña (uncredited)
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Mrs. Howard (uncredited)
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 ...
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Grandmother Varney
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as Aunt Minnie
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...
Ball of Fire
1941
as Miss Bragg
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...
Miss Polly
1941
as Minerva Snodgrass
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. C...
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Mrs. Sarah Keats
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 ...
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
as Mrs. Minnie Lambeth Sparr
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 monet...
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Jawme Duncan
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 h...
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Judge McCracken (uncredited)
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 ...
Mystery Sea Raider
1940
as Maggie Clancy
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
as Martha Wilcox
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Young People
1940
as Hester Appleby
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 f...
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940
as Socialite (uncredited)
Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfeit money that seemingly is originating for a gambli...
First Love
1939
as Miss Wiggins
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 har...
Little Accident
1939
as Mrs. Allerton
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Mrs. Kittenhaven
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, an...
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Mme. Delphine
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
as Self
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935).
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Leona Wolfinger
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
It's a Gift
1934
as Amelia Bissonette
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...
One More River
1934
as Lady Charwell
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
You're Telling Me!
1934
as Mrs. Murchison
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 t...
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
as Princess Maria
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 ...