Where to watch Esther Howard in the UK
Find every Esther Howard film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 4 May 2026.
Esther Howard (April 4, 1892 – March 8, 1965) was an American stage and film character actress who played a wide range of supporting roles, from man-hungry spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in 108 films in her 23-year screen career. From 1940 to 1949, Howard was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in seven films written and directed by Sturges. From 1937, Howard was a regular player in short-subjects produced at Columbia Pictures, where she was frequently cast opposite comedian Andy Clyde. Her last film was a Columbia comedy short, Caught …
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- Marie Antoinette (1938) as Streetwalker (uncredited)
- Champion (1949) as Mrs. Kelly
- Dead End (1937) as Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited)
- I Married a Witch (1942) as Extra (uncredited)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941) as Miz Zeffie
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) as Wife of Wienie King
- Caged (1950) as Grace (uncredited)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944) as Jesse Florian
- Detour (1945) as Hedy
- True to Life (1943) as Woman (uncredited)
- Adventure (1945) as Woman with Mudgin in bar
- My Favorite Blonde (1942) as Mrs. Topley
- The Virginian (1946) Cast
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
- Without Reservations (1946) as Sarah (uncredited)
- The Velvet Touch (1948) as Pansy Dupont
- Stand-In (1937) as Mrs, Mack
- Born to Kill (1947) as Mrs. Kraft
- Hellfire (1949) as Birdie
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) as Sally (uncredited)
- The Lady Gambles (1949) as Gross Lady
- Song of the Thin Man (1947) as Sadie (uncredited)
- No Man of Her Own (1950) as Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
- June Bride (1948) as Mrs. Mitchell
- Sweepings (1933) as Violet's Madame (Uncredited)
- Broadway Serenade (1939) as Mrs. Fellows
- Wicked (1931) as Extra (uncredited)
- The Yellow Ticket (1931) as Prisoner
- Homicide (1949) as Mrs. Brucker, Landlady
- The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Landlady
- The Crooked Way (1949) as Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
- Life Begins (1932) as Mrs. Tubby’s Friend (uncredited)
- The Great Flamarion (1945) as Cleo
- San Francisco Docks (1940) as Jean-Beauty Shop owner
- Grand Slam (1933) as Mary
- Klondike Annie (1936) as Fanny Radler
- Jackass Mail (1942) as Dancehall Girl
- Ready for Love (1934) as Aunt Ida
- Florida Special (1936) as Flirtatious Dowager (uncredited)
- Ladies of the Big House (1931) as Clara Newman
- The Great McGinty (1940) as Madame Juliette La Jolla
- The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) as Mrs. Maggie Kelly
- Swing, Sister, Swing (1938) as Miss Fredericks
- Straight from the Heart (1935) as Tired Mother
- Rackety Rax (1932) as 'Sister' Carrie
- Stars Over Broadway (1935) as Mary Sporesgate
- The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) as Florist
- Winner Take All (1932) as Ann, Joan's Friend
- Partners in Crime (1937) as Mrs. Wagon
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) as Vi
- Rhythm in the Clouds (1937) as Mrs. Madigan
- The Big Noise (1944) as Aunt Sophie
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) as Filthy Flora, Dripping Dagger Proprietor
- Wedlock Deadlock (1947) as Lydia - Betty's Mother
- Scandal Street (1938) as Birdie Brown
- M'Liss (1936) as Rose
- All That I Have (1951) as Mrs. Dalton
- The Vice Squad (1931) as Josie
- A Letter for Evie (1946) as Mrs. Edgewaters
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946) as Gloria Peabody
- The Best Man Wins (1935) as Mamie
- Alex in Wonderland (1940) as Blanche - Fred's Wife
- The Iron Master (1933) as Mrs. Stillman
- Below the Sea (1933) as Lily
- Idle Roomers (1944) as Hazel's Roommate (uncredited)
- Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939) as Cactus Kate Ramsey
- The Misses Stooge (1935) as The Hostess
- A Fool's Advice (1932) as Mrs. Prescott
- It Always Happens (1935) as Mary Clyde
- Caught on the Bounce (1952) as Aunt Tildy
- Boobs in the Woods (1940) as Mrs. Clyde
- Sappy Birthday (1942) Cast
- Tee for Two (1932) as Louisa
- Second Hand Wife (1933) as Mrs. Trumbull (Uncredited)
- Social Sea Lions (1940) as Singer at Party
- The Victim (1931) as The Wife
- Ship Ahoy (1931) as The Mother
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