Frances Howard (actress)

Frances Howard
Born	Frances Howard McLaughlin (1903-06-04)June 4, 1903 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1976(1976-07-02) (aged 73) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Years active	1925–1935
Spouse	Samuel Goldwyn ​ ​ (m. 1925; died 1974)​
Children	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Relatives	Tony Goldwyn (grandson) John Goldwyn (grandson)

Frances Howard (June 4, 1903 – July 2, 1976) was an American actress. She was the second wife of Academy Award-winning producer Samuel Goldwyn, and the paternal grandmother of actors Tony and John Goldwyn.

Biography

Born Frances Howard McLaughlin in Omaha, Nebraska in 1903 to Charles Douglas McLaughlin and Helen Victoria (née Howard) McLaughlin, and raised as a Catholic. Her mother, nicknamed "Bonnie", had been raised a Quaker but converted to Catholicism, predeceasing her daughter by only five years. Her father was reportedly a grandson of Irish nationalist politician Daniel O'Connell. Frances had two sisters and a brother.

Frances married Samuel Goldwyn, more than two decades her senior, on April 23, 1925. They remained married until Goldwyn's death on January 31, 1974. They had one son, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926–2015); their grandsons are actors Tony and John Goldwyn.

Death

Howard died in Beverly Hills, California, aged 73, more than a year after being diagnosed with advanced cancer, for which she refused treatment which would have required invasive and disfiguring surgery. She was interred next to her husband at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

Filmography

Howard made four films between 1925 and 1935:

• Too Many Kisses (1925) as Yvonne Hurja
• The Swan (1925) as Alexandra, The Swan
• The Shock Punch (1925) as Dorothy Clark
• Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) as Landlady

External links

• Frances Howard at the Internet Broadway Database
• Frances Howard at IMDb
• Frances Howard Goldwyn at Find a Grave