
Acting
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…

Breaking Home Ties
as Esther

A Man of Stone
as Laila
The Woman of His Dream
as Gwen Emberdale

As a Man Thinks
as Vedah Seelig

To Hell with the Kaiser!
as Ruth Monroe

Wolves of Kultur
as Helen Moore

The Lie
as Lucy Shale

For France
as Marthe Landeau

Mr. Jack Trifles
as Jeanne - the maid

Beatrice Fairfax