Born in Duncan, Oklahoma to Louise and William Speegle, Jean Frances Howard entered acting early, sharing the screen with husband Rance and son Ron in the 1956 western Frontier Woman. Though she set aside much of her own career to raise Ron and Clint, she returned to steady work as a guest star on dozens of sitcoms and dramas, including Married… with Children, Grace Under Fire, Buffy the Vampire S…
