[1] After leaving school at fifteen, her first professional job was as a dancer and singer at the Welsh seaside resort of Llandudno, for Clarkson Rose's Twinkle company, in a summer revue.
[1] Howard made her film debut in the “Swinging Sixties” sex comedy Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967).
[1] Howard later starred in exploitation and horror films, including The Blood Beast Terror and Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly.
At 25, they moved to USA, where they raised their son, Charley Chartoff,[1] and 3 children from Robert's first marriage.
[7] A retrospective on her life – assembled by horror journalist Preston Fassel with the cooperation of her family and the assistance of UK blogger Richard Halfhide – appeared in The Dark Side #169[8] and Spring 2014 issue of the horror journal Screem, addressing multiple rumours about her life, career, and the time in between her retirement and death.