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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 was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the elder son of Jean Speegle Howard, an actress, and Rance Howard, a director, a writer, and actor. He has German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch ancestry. His father was born with the surname Beckenholdt, and had taken the stage name Howard by 1948, for his acting career.