Kathleen Howard
Nacimiento : 1884-07-27, Clifton, Ontario, Canada
Muerte : 1956-04-15
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Kathleen Howard (July 27, 1884 - April 15, 1956) was a Canadian-born American opera singer magazine editor and character actress from the mid-1930s through the 1940s. She spent her childhood in Buffalo, New York and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery there.
Mrs. Bolton
Christabel Caine (Joan Fontaine), una joven de apariencia dulce e ingenua, le gusta a todo el mundo, a su prima Donna Foster (Joan Leslie), a Curtis Carey, el acaudalado prometido de ésta, y a los amigos de la pareja. Sólo el escritor Nick Bradley (Robert Ryan) se da cuenta de que bajo esa apariencia angelical se esconde una mujer ambiciosa, fría y calculadora que está dispuesta a poner en práctica toda clase de argucias con tal de conseguir sus propósitos.
Miss Pruett's Mother
Un astuto y peligroso delincuente que ha matado a un policía es perseguido por un teniente de homicidios que fue su compañero de juegos durante la infancia, cuando ambos vivían en el barrio italiano (Little Italy) de Nueva York.
Aunt Susan
Un mujeriego autor de libros infantiles toma prestado un niño para seducir a su ilustradora.
Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
Aunt Martha
The students of Lakeview Elementary devise ways to torment their new teacher. Comedy.
Margaret
Basada en una obra -de mismo título- ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, narra la historia de un aristócrata de Boston enamorado de su ciudad hasta extremos insospechados. Él tiene perfectamente claro que sus hijos deben permanecer en Boston y relacionarse sólo con bostonianos, pero para su desgracia su hijo -estudiante en Harvard- se enamora de una chica de Worcester, mientras su hija se queda prendada de un estudiante de Yale...
Eddie
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
Deborah
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Rose Denning
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
Dean Garrett
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
Butch
A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.
Aunt Priscilla Alden
In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-butter Columbia productions graced by the contributions of Cole’s in-house dance studio. Cole dances behind Miller in “I’m Gonna See My Baby.” --Museum of Modern Art
Ann's Cook Louise (uncredited)
El detective Mark McPherson investiga el asesinato de Laura, una elegante y seductora mujer que aparece muerta en su apartamento. McPherson elabora un retrato mental de la joven a partir de las declaraciones de sus allegados. El sugestivo retrato de Laura, que cuelga de la pared de su apartamento, también le ayuda en esta tarea.
Sarah Wadsworth
Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.
Aunt Amanda
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the handsome Rich.
Miss Bromley
Al teniente Ward Stewart y a su equipo les han asignado una importante misión dentro del submarino Albacore. Investigan a un pequeño barco que resulta ser un Q-ship nazi. Los miembros del Albacore consiguen escapar de la emboscada, pero cuando llegan a Nueva Londres, Stewart y el capitán del submarino se ven envueltos en un triángulo amoroso que afectará a la misión más peligrosa que jamás hayan tenido que afrontar en toda su vida.
Grandmother Acuña (uncredited)
En la acaudalada familia argentina de los Acuña la tradición exige que las hijas se casen por orden de edad. Cuando la mayor se casa, las otras dos hermanas apremian a la segunda, María, para que busque marido. Pero María todavía no ha encontrado un hombre que le guste.
Woman
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
Grandmother Varney
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.
Aunt Minnie
El pintor Tom Verney (Fred MacMurray) desea cumplir su sueño de irse a vivir a México. Pero necesita dinero, por lo que acepta el empleo de secretario de la ejecutiva de publicidad A. M. MacGregor (Rosalind Russell), una mujer de fuerte personalidad.
Miss Bragg
Gracias a la donación de un cuarto de millón de dólares, un grupo de profesores estrafalarios, todos solteros salvo uno que es viudo, trabajan en la elaboración de una enciclopedia del saber humano. Cuando el trabajo se encuentra ya en una fase bastante avanzada, la visita sorpresa de una bailarina de cabaret les hace replantearse su labor, pues caen en la cuenta de que viven de espaldas al mundo.
Minerva Snodgrass
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
Mrs. Sarah Keats
Tras la dolorosa pérdida de su hijo, Edna, una valiente mujer de Texas, decide crear un orfanato para ayudar a los niños más desvalidos y necesitados de ayuda; pero los ciudadanos más conservadores no verán con buenos ojos la creación de una institución de acogida para niños nacidos fuera del matrimonio. Edna luchará incansablemente para conseguir legalizar el orfanato.
Mrs. Minnie Lambeth Sparr
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.
Jawme Duncan
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.
Judge McCracken (uncredited)
¡Romance AL RITMO DE LA RUMBA ... en este musical mágico de la alegría! La notable película de Abbott y Costello por ser la primera. El equipo juegan un papel de menor importancia, pero robar el cuadro con cinco rutinas clásicas, incluyendo una versión abreviada de "¿Quién es primero?"
Maggie Clancy
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
Martha Wilcox
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Hester Appleby
Los padres de Wendy Ballantine deciden retirarse del negocio del espectáculo para que pueda tener una vida normal. No son bienvenidos en la pequeña ciudad hasta que una tormenta le permite a la familia mostrar sus cosas.
Miss Wiggins
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
Mrs. Allerton
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
Mrs. Kittenhaven
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
Mme. Delphine
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
Self
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's The Devil Is a Woman (1935).
Leona Wolfinger
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Amelia Bissonette
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.
Lady Charwell
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Mrs. Murchison
Sam Bisbee es un inventor cuyos trabajos (por ejemplo, un buscador de cerraduras para borrachos) solo le han traído pobreza. Su hija está enamorada del hijo del snob del pueblo. Los acontecimientos conspiran para arruinar su neumático a prueba de balas justo cuando el éxito parece estar cerca. Otro de sus inventos le prohíbe suicidarse, por lo que Sam decide seguir viviendo.
Princess Maria
La muerte decide tomarse unos días de vacaciones y convivir con un grupo de personas para ver lo que se siente siendo un ser mortal y comprender por qué la gente le teme tanto.
