12 Facts About Jobyna Howland

Jobyna Howland was an American stage and screen actress.

Jobyna Howland's parents were Joby Howland, a Civil War veteran who at age 11 was one of the youngest enlistees in the conflict, and his wife Mary C Bunting.

Jobyna Howland was given the feminine version of her father's name.

Tall, regal and beautiful, red-haired Jobyna Howland once modeled as a Gibson Girl for the famous illustrator Charles Dana Gibson; however, after three sessions Gibson was never satisfied with his drawings of her, and they were never used or published.

In December 1897, Jobyna Howland appeared in A Milk White Flag at the Tacoma Theater in Tacoma, Washington.

Jobyna Howland worked professionally as a model, beginning her posing a week after she arrived in New York, and she had become a model for Gibson before a month elapsed.

Jobyna Howland made her first appearance on the New York Stage in 1899 managed by Daniel Frohman.

Jobyna Howland didn't achieve the kind of stardom of other beautiful actresses such as Elsie Ferguson, but was content to play the amiable and much needed support so vital in numerous Broadway productions.

Jobyna Howland appeared in a few silent pictures, but this medium did not seem to suit her booming, direct and distinct voice.

Jobyna Howland married Arthur Stringer in 1903, but the marriage didn't last and was dissolved in 1914.

On June 7,1936, Jobyna Howland was found dead at age 56 on the kitchen floor of her home.

Jobyna Howland is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.