Frances Howard (actress)
Frances Howard | |
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Born | Frances Howard McLaughlin June 4, 1903[1] Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. |
Died | July 2, 1976 (aged 73) |
Years active | 1925-1935 |
Spouse | Samuel Goldwyn (m. 23 April 1925, until his death: 31 January 1974; 1 child) |
Frances Howard (June 4, 1903 – July 2, 1976) was an American actress and the second wife of Academy Award-winning producer Samuel Goldwyn and the paternal grandmother of Tony Goldwyn.
Biography
Born Frances Howard McLaughlin[2] in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1903, to James and Maureen[citation needed], Howard was raised Catholic. She married Samuel Goldwyn on April 23, 1925. They remained married until Goldwyn's death. They had one son, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Among their grandchildren is actor Tony Goldwyn.
Reportedly worried that Hitler was going to invade the United States, Howard made plans to fake the drowning of her son, set up a false identity, and escape to Mexico where she had money waiting.[3]
Death
Frances Howard died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, aged 73. She was interred next to her husband at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale in Glendale, California.
Filmography
She made 4 films between 1925 - 1935:
- Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) as Landlady
- The Shock Punch (1925) as Dorothy Clark
- The Swan (1925) as Alexandra, The Swan
- Too Many Kisses (1925) as Yvonne Hurja
References
External links
- Frances Howard at the Internet Broadway Database
- Frances Howard at IMDb
- Frances Howard at Find-A-Grave
- 1903 births
- 1976 deaths
- American film actresses
- American silent film actresses
- Actresses from Nebraska
- Actresses from Omaha, Nebraska
- People from the Greater Los Angeles Area
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- 20th-century American actresses
- Goldwyn family
- University of Nebraska alumni
- American people of Italian descent
- American film actor, 1900s birth stubs