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Joan Howard Maurer (April 2, 1927 – September 21, 2021) was an American writer and actress, and the daughter of Moe Howard of The Three Stooges.[1] She wrote several books on the Three Stooges and had several roles as a supporting actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Joan Howard Maurer
Born	Joan Sally Howard (1927-04-02)April 2, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	September 21, 2021(2021-09-21) (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, actress
Years active	1934–1980
Spouse	Norman Maurer ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1986)​
Partner	Jack Klippenstein (1988; died 2019)
Children	2
Relatives	Moe Howard (father) Shemp Howard (paternal uncle) Curly Howard (paternal uncle)

Biography

In the 1980s, Maurer helped to raise funds for a cancer centre 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 her books were originally published by Citadel Press.

Maurer died in Los Angeles, California, on September 21, 2021, at the age of 94.[4]

Books

By Joan Howard Maurer

Co-authored by Joan Howard Maurer

References

External links

• Joan Howard Maurer at IMDb

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