Frances Howard (actress)
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.
Frances Howard | |
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Born | Frances Howard McLaughlin June 4, 1903 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | July 2, 1976 73) | (aged
Years active | 1925–1935 |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. |
Relatives | Tony Goldwyn (grandson) John Goldwyn (grandson) |
Biography
Born Frances Howard McLaughlin[1] in Omaha, Nebraska in 1903[2] to Charles Douglas McLaughlin and Helen Victoria (née Howard) McLaughlin,[3] 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.[3]
Frances married Samuel Goldwyn, more than two decades her senior, on April 23, 1925.[4] They remained married until Goldwyn's death on January 31, 1974. They had one son, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926–2015);[5] 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.[3] She was interred next to her husband at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.[6]
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
References
- Easton, Carol. The Search for Sam Goldwyn (2014)
- Born in 1903 per Intelius
- Berg, A. Scott (2013). Goldwyn: A Biography. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781471130069. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Magill, Frank N. (2014). The 20th Century Go-N: Dictionary of World Biography. Routledge. p. 1417. ISBN 9781317740605. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Lentz, Harris M. III (2016). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 9780786476671. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 55. ISBN 9780786409839. Retrieved October 9, 2017.