Albert S. Howson (3 February 1881 – 2 August 1960) was an American actor and head of the censorship department of

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who lived in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens. He made his stage debut in New York in 1898 and appeared in 21 Broadway plays spanning 30 years, as well as seven films during World War I. Notable roles include Kassim Baba in the original Broadway production of '' Chu Chin Chow''. He also wrote the 1927 silent film '' Matinee Ladies''. Howson, whose middle name has been reported as Sidney or Sydney, was a nephew of Australian opera singer

Emma Howson Emma Howson (28 March 1844 – 28 May 1928) was an Australian opera singer and actress primarily known as the creator of the principal soprano role of Josephine in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera ''H.M.S. Pinafore''. She began her op ...

of the

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Selected filmography

*'' The Better Man'' (1914) *'' The Vampire'' (1915) *'' My Madonna'' (1915)

External links

who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men and Women in Music and the Drama" by Harry Prescott Hanaford and Dixie Hines, H.P. Hanaford, 1914
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