---
name: "Margaret Howell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-howell"
fi1m_id: "margaret-howell"
imdb_id: "nm0398015"
tmdb_id: 2544661
roles: []
born: "9 September 1947"
died: "26 July 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:48:40.902207+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Margaret Howell

## Identity

Margaret Howell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaret-howell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margaret-howell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398015
- **TMDB ID:** 2544661
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2544661

Actor. Born 9 September 1947 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Died 26 July 2000.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 September 1947, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 26 July 2000
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398015/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2544661

## Biography

Margaret Howell (1947–2000) was an American actress. Born on 9 September 1947 in Raleigh, North Carolina, she began her screen career in the early 1970s and appeared in a range of film and television roles through the 1990s.

She is credited as Judy Harper in the 1984 Clint Eastwood film *Tightrope*. Other screen credits include *Death Wish 4: The Crackdown* (1987), *Messenger of Death* (1988), *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995) and episodes of series such as *Amazing Stories* (1985) and *Tales from the Crypt* (1993).

Howell was married to Alex Zonn from 1990 until her death from ovarian cancer on 26 July 2000 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tightrope* (1984), Fi1m 66, as Judy Harper — [page](https://film.one/film/tightrope.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Derby Stallion* (2005), as Singer at Gravesite
- *Humanoids from the Deep* (1996), as Nurse
- *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995), as Clara
- *Imagining America* (1989), as Beat Poetess
- *Alien Nation* (1989), series, as Andron's Mother
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Twin #2
- *This Ain't Bebop* (1989), Actor
- *Messenger of Death* (1988), as Naomi Beecham
- *Death Wish 4: The Crackdown* (1987), as Rape Victim
- *Cracked Up* (1987), as Hooker
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Reporter #1
- *Vanessa in the Garden* (1985), as Eve Shearing
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Eve Shearing
- *Girls Just Want to Have Fun* (1985), as Mrs. Glenn
- *Finder of Lost Loves* (1984), series, as Pat
- *Tightrope* (1984), as Judy Harper — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/tightrope.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Beat Poetess
- *Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers* (1972), as Jane Hudson
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Saleswoman in Jewelry Store — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

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