Joan Howard Maurer
Joan Howard Maurer | |
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Born | Joan Sally Howard April 2, 1927 Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, actress |
Years active | 1934–1980 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Moe Howard (father) Shemp Howard (paternal uncle) Curly Howard (paternal uncle) |
Joan Howard Maurer (April 2, 1927 – September 21, 2021) was an American writer and actress, and the daughter of
Biography
In the 1980s, Maurer helped to raise funds for a cancer center dedicated to her father at the City of Hope National Medical Center by providing his autographs as incentives for donors to the facility in Duarte, California. After she discovered about 4,000 cancelled checks that had been signed by Howard, she offered to give one of the checks to each donor who gave $10 or more to the center.[2]
She was married to cartoonist/director Norman Maurer, who wrote, produced, and directed many Stooges films,[3] for 39 years until his death in 1986.[citation needed]
Maurer regularly attended Three Stooges conventions held yearly in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Her sons, Michael Maurer and Jeffrey Scott (Maurer), are both animation writers.[citation needed]
All of her books were originally published by Citadel Press.
Maurer died in
Books
By Joan Howard Maurer
- The Three Stooges Book of Scripts ISBN 0-8065-1018-8; April 1984
- ISBN 0-8065-1086-2; April 1985
Co-authored by Joan Howard Maurer
- Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; written by Moe Howard, compiled by Joan Howard Maurer after Moe's death (July 1977)
- Lenburg, Jeff; —; Lenburg, Greg (1 April 2012) [1982]. The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Foreword by unsold 1960 television pilot)
- The Three Stooges Book of Scripts, Volume II; with Norman Maurer (April 1987; published after his death in 1986)
References
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- ^ "Joan Maurer, April 2, 1927 – September 21, 2021". Three Stooges. October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
External links
- Joan Howard Maurer at IMDb