She was a grandniece of the American opera singer Emma Eames and great-granddaughter of William Thomas Hamilton, a governor of Maryland.

At the time of their marriage, Howard was an actress with the Theatre Guild Shakespeare Repertory Company where Halpern was the stage manager.

[9] One year later, she played Vanilla in the short-lived Studio production Sundown Beach by Bessie Breuer at the Belasco Theatre.

In November of the following year, Howard played Louise Ulmer in Love Me Long, a comedy by Doris Frankel, a run that lasted about a fortnight at the 48th Street Theatre.

she died of lung cancer in 1993 at 68 On July 28, 1972, Howard married the American artist John Ery Coleman in Los Angeles.