Biography
Jean Speegle Howard was born on January 31, 1927 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Apollo 13 (1995), Scrooged (1988) and Cocoon (1985). She was married to Rance Howard. She died on September 2, 2000 in Burbank, California, USA.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Hiding Place
2000
A son visits his aging mother and sees tragic, intermittent signs of senility, but she pleads with him not to send her to a sanitarium.
Mr. Murder
1998
as Elaine
A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels...
Spoiler
1998
as Jillian / Jennifer
Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after atte...
The Night Caller
1998
as Olivia
For 11 years, Beth's life is limited to working nights in a convenience store while her daytime hours are spent caring for her bed-ridden, bitter and ...
Express: Aisle to Glory
1998
as Grandma Gillespie
PBA Films and renowned bagging filmmaker Jonathan Buss bring the heart-pounding action of pro bagging to the screen in the inspiring story of a small ...
Hundred Percent
1998
Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femm...
Traveller
1997
as Bokky's Grandmother
A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected...
Los Locos
1997
as Mother Superior
In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.
My Fellow Americans
1996
as Asthmatic Woman on Tour
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the c...
Matilda
1996
as Miss Phelps
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is...
The Power Within
1995
as Dr. Richman
Stan Dryer, a teen, afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried...
Apollo 13
1995
as Blanch Lovell
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with th...
The Paper
1994
as Hospital Volunteer
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, p...
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992
as Elderly Woman
Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Th...
Fall From Grace
1990
as Leota Doyle
Jim Bakker establishes a large televangelical empire in the 1980s, including Heritage Village. However, they are removed from P.T.L, the ministry that...
Scrooged
1988
as Mrs. Claus
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after fi...
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986
as Old Lady Jezebel
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
Gung Ho
1986
as Lady in Market
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating...
Cocoon
1985
as Woman
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Huckleberry Finn
1975
as Widow Douglas
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by ...