Gertrude Howard

Gertrude Howard was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Howard's career beginnings included film roles in "On Your Toes" (1927), the James Lowe dramatic adaptation "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1927) and "Synthetic Sin" (1928). Howard then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in "Hearts in Dixie" (1929), "His Captive Woman" (1929) and the drama "Show Boat" (1929) with Laura La Plante. She also appeared in "The Wet Parade" (1932), "I'm No Angel" (1933) and "Peck's Bad Boy" (1934). Later in her career, Howard acted in the Buck Jones action movie "The Fighting Code" (1934). Howard passed away in September 1934 at the age of 42.