
Acting
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films. After the death of her...
Highest rated appearances
Time After Time
as May Swift

Crossplot
as Maggi Thwaites

Assignment K
as Estelle

Torture Garden
as Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
as Liz Essendine

80,000 Suspects
as Joanna Duten

The Madhouse on Castle Street
as Martha Tompkins

The Sicilians
as Mme. Perrault

Two Letter Alibi
as Louise

Now Let Him Go
as Nurse Judith

Account Rendered
as Lucille Ainsworth

West of Suez
as Eileen

The Long Arm
as Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson

Keep It Clean
as Pat Anstey

They Can't Hang Me
as Antonia Pitt

Track the Man Down
as Mary Dennis

The Constant Husband
as Ann

The Gilded Cage
as Brenda Lucas

The Weak and the Wicked
as Pam Vickers

The Blakes Slept Here
as Emily

The Oracle
as Peggy

Number Three
as Maureen Dartington

I Believe in You
as Hon. Ursula

The Cocktail Party

Flesh and Blood
as Harriet Marshall