Betty Howe

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

Acting

1918

The Lie

as

Lucy Shale

1916

The Alibi

as

Enid Chamberlain

1916

Mr. Jack Trifles

as

Jeanne - the maid

1916

Beatrice Fairfax

as

1918

Wolves of Kultur

as

Helen Moore

1921

A Man of Stone

as

Laila

1921

The Woman of His Dream

as

Gwen Emberdale

1922

Breaking Home Ties

as

Esther

1919

As a Man Thinks

as

Vedah Seelig

1918

To Hell with the Kaiser!

as

Ruth Monroe

1917

For France

as

Marthe Landeau

Production

Crew

Directing