
Person
Betty Howe
Acting · 1895–1969 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known for

Breaking Home Ties
Esther

For France
Marthe Landeau

To Hell with the Kaiser!
Ruth Monroe

The Alibi
Enid Chamberlain

Beatrice Fairfax
1916

Mr. Jack Trifles
Jeanne - the maid

Wolves of Kultur
Helen Moore

A Man of Stone
Laila

As a Man Thinks
Vedah Seelig
The Woman of His Dream
Gwen Emberdale
Filmography
- 1922Breaking Home TiesEsther
- 1921A Man of StoneLaila
- 1921The Woman of His DreamGwen Emberdale
- 1919As a Man ThinksVedah Seelig
- 1918Wolves of KulturHelen Moore
- 1918To Hell with the Kaiser!Ruth Monroe
- 1918The LieLucy Shale
- 1917For FranceMarthe Landeau
- 1916The AlibiEnid Chamberlain
- 1916Beatrice Fairfax
- 1916Mr. Jack TriflesJeanne - the maid
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