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Jean Speegle Howard, Mother of Ron Howard, Dies. Stage and screen actress Jean Speegle Howard, mother of actor-director Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, died Sept. 2 of complications from heart and respiratory illness in Burbank, Calif. She was 73.
Howard went on to a highly successful career behind the camera, directing such hit movies as Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code. Showbiz Background. Actor, director and producer Ron Howard was born on March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Ronald William Howard is part of a theatrical family; his mother, Jean, was an actress and father, Rance, was an actor and director.