
Acting
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 on the Bounce (1952), in which she played Joe Besser's aunt. From Wikipedia.

I Married a Witch
1942

Sullivan's Travels
1941

June Bride
1948

Song of the Thin Man
1947

Without Reservations
1946

Dead End
1937

The Virginian
1946

The Lady Gambles
1949

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946

Detour
1945

Murder, My Sweet
1944

Caged
1950

Broadway Serenade
1939

The Velvet Touch
1948

My Favorite Blonde
1942

The Palm Beach Story
1942

Champion
1949

Florida Special
1936

Merrily We Go to Hell
1932

No Man of Her Own
1950

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944

Marie Antoinette
1938

Hail the Conquering Hero
1944

Homicide
1949

Winner Take All
1932

The Big Noise
1944

The Great McGinty
1940

The Crooked Way
1949

Stand-In
1937

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939

Born to Kill
1947

Scandal Street
1938

Hellfire
1949

San Francisco Docks
1940

Wedlock Deadlock
1947

True to Life
1943