Kathleen Howard
Acting
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.
Born: July 27, 1884
Place of Birth: Clifton, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Laura
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
First Love
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.
Ball of Fire
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
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.
You Were Never Lovelier
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
The Late George Apley
Bostonites George and Catherine Apley live a proper life in a social circle. However, their daughter Eleanor's love for Howard Boulton and their son John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.
Cry of the City
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?
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Blossoms in the Dust
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.
Take a Letter, Darling
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.
Filmography
as Mrs. Bolton
as Miss Pruett's Mother
as Aunt Susan
as Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse
as Aunt Martha
as Margaret
as Eddie
as Deborah
as Rose Denning
as Dean Garrett
as Butch
as Aunt Priscilla Alden
as Ann's Cook Louise (uncredited)
as Sarah Wadsworth
as Aunt Amanda
as Miss Bromley
as Grandmother Acuña (uncredited)
as Mrs. Howard (uncredited)
as Grandmother Varney
as Aunt Minnie
as Miss Bragg
as Minerva Snodgrass
as Mrs. Sarah Keats
as Mrs. Minnie Lambeth Sparr
as Jawme Duncan
as Judge McCracken (uncredited)
as Maggie Clancy
as Martha Wilcox
as Hester Appleby
as Socialite (uncredited)
as Miss Wiggins
as Mrs. Allerton
as Mrs. Kittenhaven
as Mme. Delphine
as Leona Wolfinger
as Amelia Bissonette
as Lady Charwell
as Mrs. Murchison
as Princess Maria