Joan Howard Maurer

Joan Howard Maurer
Born	Joan Howard (1927-04-02) April 2, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, actress
Years active	1934–1980
Spouse	Norman Maurer ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1986)​
Children	2
Relatives	Moe Howard (father) Shemp Howard (paternal uncle) Curly Howard (paternal uncle)

Joan Howard Maurer (born April 2, 1927) is the daughter of Moe Howard of the Three Stooges. She has written several books on the Three Stooges and appeared in a few films.

She was married to cartoonist/director Norman Maurer for 39 years until his death in 1986.

Maurer currently resides in Seattle, Washington, and regularly attends Three Stooges conventions held yearly in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Her sons, Michael Maurer and Jeffrey Scott (Maurer), are both animation writers.

Books by Joan Howard Maurer

• The Three Stooges Book of Scripts ISBN 0-8065-1018-8; April 1984
• Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge ISBN 0-8065-1086-2; April 1985

Books co-authored by Joan Howard Maurer

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; written by Moe Howard, compiled by Joan Howard Maurer after Moe's death (July 1977)
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; with Jeff and Greg Lenburg (1982, rev. 2000, 2012) (not to be confused with The Three Stooges Scrapbook unsold 1960 television pilot)
• The Three Stooges Book of Scripts, Volume II; with Norman Maurer (April 1987; published after his death in 1986)

All books originally published by Citadel Press.

External links

• Joan Howard Maurer at IMDb