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 19 June 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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- I Married a Witch (1942) as Extra (uncredited)
- Dead End (1937) as Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited)
- Caged (1950) as Grace (uncredited)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944) as Jesse Florian
- Detour (1945) as Hedy
- Sullivan's Travels (1941) as Miz Zeffie
- The Virginian (1946) Cast
- Marie Antoinette (1938) as Streetwalker (uncredited)
- Champion (1949) as Mrs. Kelly
- No Man of Her Own (1950) as Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
- Broadway Serenade (1939) as Mrs. Fellows
- Without Reservations (1946) as Sarah (uncredited)
- The Lady Gambles (1949) as Gross Lady
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) as Wife of Wienie King
- The Great McGinty (1940) as Madame Juliette La Jolla
- Adventure (1945) as Woman with Mudgin in bar
- Song of the Thin Man (1947) as Sadie (uncredited)
- Born to Kill (1947) as Mrs. Kraft
- The Crooked Way (1949) as Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
- True to Life (1943) as Woman (uncredited)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) as Sally (uncredited)
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) as Vi
- Homicide (1949) as Mrs. Brucker, Landlady
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
- Hellfire (1949) as Birdie
- M'Liss (1936) as Rose
- A Letter for Evie (1946) as Mrs. Edgewaters
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