Betty Howe

Born: 1895-05-23

Howe was born in New York City, and attended Chappaqua Mountain Institute, a Quaker school. With "no stage experience," Howe joined Vitagraph Studios as a stock player in 1916. In 1918, she and Canadian actor Edward Earle formed the Earle-Howe production company within Vitagraph. She appeared in silent films, including Mr. Jack, a Hallroom Hero (1916, short), Mr. Jack Trifles (1916, short), Mr. Jack Hires a Stenographer (1916, short), Fathers of Men (1916), The Alibi (1916), Beatrice Fairfax (1916, serial), The Scarlet Runner (1916), For France (1917), The Blind Adventure (1918), The Lie (1918), To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918), Wolves of Kultur (1918), As a Man Thinks (1919), The Woman of His Dream (1921), A Man of Stone (1921), and Breaking Home Ties (1922). Howe died in New York City in 1969, aged 74 years.


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Beatrice Fairfax

as uncredited
Released: 1916-08-07

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret...

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A Man of Stone

as Laila
Released: 1921-11-10

Capt. Deering, a British war hero whose exploits in the Arabian desert have earned him the...

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The Lie

as Lucy Shale
Released: 1918-04-08

Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her...

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The Alibi

as Enid Chamberlain
Released: 1916-08-07

To help his dying father, assistant bank cashier Arthur Mansfield enters a fake sum in the...

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Wolves of Kultur

as Helen Moore
Released: 1918-10-13

Alice Grayson's uncle develops a wireless torpedo that can be controlled by radio. After he...

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Mr. Jack Trifles

as Jeanne - the maid
Released: 1916-03-30

Mr. Jack flirts with a chic little miss, but accidentally knocks one of her gloves into the soup...

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