Esther Howard (April , â€" March , ) was a stage and film character
actress who played a wide range of supporting roles, from man-hungry
spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in films in her -year screen
career.Howard was born in Butte, Montana on April , to Martha Esther
Howard (née Boggs) and James Howard Jr., a music teacher who was
employed as the conductor of the Butte Opera House. Her paternal
grandfather, James Howard Sr., was a prominent physician from
California who had established a medical practice in Butte and Dillon,
Montana, and at one time served as the coroner of Silver Bow County.
When Howard was five years old, her family relocated to Boston,
Massachusetts, where her father had lived prior to relocating to
Montana. In Boston, Howard attended the Girls' Latin School.Howard
began her stage career performing in stock theater in Lynn,
Massachusetts, before making her Broadway debut in in a play called
Eve's Daughter, which was not a success. She continued to appear
regularly on Broadway for the next twelve years, performing in
comedies and musicals, including the hit shows Wildflower () and The
New Moon (), which was her final Broadway production.
actress who played a wide range of supporting roles, from man-hungry
spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in films in her -year screen
career.Howard was born in Butte, Montana on April , to Martha Esther
Howard (née Boggs) and James Howard Jr., a music teacher who was
employed as the conductor of the Butte Opera House. Her paternal
grandfather, James Howard Sr., was a prominent physician from
California who had established a medical practice in Butte and Dillon,
Montana, and at one time served as the coroner of Silver Bow County.
When Howard was five years old, her family relocated to Boston,
Massachusetts, where her father had lived prior to relocating to
Montana. In Boston, Howard attended the Girls' Latin School.Howard
began her stage career performing in stock theater in Lynn,
Massachusetts, before making her Broadway debut in in a play called
Eve's Daughter, which was not a success. She continued to appear
regularly on Broadway for the next twelve years, performing in
comedies and musicals, including the hit shows Wildflower () and The
New Moon (), which was her final Broadway production.
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