wasn't, it would increase his insecurity." Christopher was a Broadway lyricist, and died of AIDS-related cancer in 1984 at the age of 30. She was married to the English literary agent Douglas Rae from 1972 until his death in September 2021. According to her nephew, they were "inseparable". Howes died in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on 19 December 2021, at the age of 91. Performances Filmography Thursday's Child (1943) as Fennis Wilson The Halfway House (1944) as Joanna French Dead of Night (1945) as Sally O'Hara (segment Christmas Party) Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) as Peggy Sutton Nicholas Nickleby (1947) as Kate Nickleby Anna Karenina (1948) as Kitty Scherbatsky My Sister and I (1948) as Robina Adams Fools Rush In (1949) as Pamela Dickson The History of Mr. Polly (1949) as Cristabel Stop Press Girl (1949) as Jennifer Peters Honeymoon Deferred (1951) (aka Due moglie sono troppe, Italy) as Katherine Fry The Golden Year (1951) as Susan Halliday The Admirable Crichton (1957) aka Paradise Lagoon (USA Title) as Lady Mary Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as Truly Scrumptious Death Ship (1980) as Margaret Marshall Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (documentary) Theatre Caprice (Joan) – stage debut in Glasgow – written by Sandy Wilson Bet Your Life (Jane) – at the London Hippodrome, with Julie Wilson, Arthur Askey and Brian Reece – 1952 Paint Your Wagon (Jennifer Rumson) at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket – with father Bobby Howes – production ran for 477 performances over 18 months starting February 1953. Babes in the Wood (Robin Hood) – British pantomime – Golders Green Hippodrome – with Arthur Askey, holiday season 1954 Romance in Candlelight (Margaret) – at Piccadilly – 1955 – 53 performances Summer Song (Karolka) – Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.2 148 performances – directed by Charles Hickman – opened February 1956. Premiered at the Opera House, Manchester on 21 December 1955 before moving to the Princes Theatre on London's West End. A Hatful of Rain (Celia Pope) – Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.2 – directed by Sam Wanamaker – 1956 My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle) – Mark Hellinger Theater, Broadway – took over for Julie Andrews in February 1958 for one year. Kwamina (Eve Jordan) - 54th Street Theatre, 32 shows – 23 October – 18 November 1961 Brigadoon (Fiona McLaren) – at New York City Center Light Opera Company – 1962 Brigadoon