- Beginning in the early 1940s, Howard was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in seven films written and directed by him.
- Her husband Arthur Albertson died in 1926 from undisclosed causes. She never remarried nor had any children.
- She started her career on the New York stage in 1917 playing a supporting role in a show called "Eve's Daughter", which was a tremendous flop.
- Is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California Plot: Eventide, L-724.
- She appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943), Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) and Detour (1945).
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