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Helen Howe (born January 11, 1905 – February 1, 1975) was an American novelist, biographer, actress and monologist. A social satirist, her work has been compared to that of John P. Marquand.

Howe was born in Boston on January 11, 1905. Her father, Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe was an author and biographer. Her mother, Fanny Huntington Quincy Howe was an essayist. Her sister was Quincy Howe, a writer, editor and radio commentator. Her brother was Mark De Wolf Howe, a Harvard law professor and the biographer of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Howe was educated at private schools in Boston. Initially studying theater at the Theater Guild School, her teachers noticed her talent for mimicry.

Personal life
Howe was married to married Reginald Allen, who had served as curator of the Gilbert and Sullivan Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library and executive of the Philadelphia Orchestra,Metropolitan Opera, and Lincoln Center.

Before her marriage, Howe had a love affair with writer John Marquand. She later saterized him in her novel We Happy Few.

Novels

 * The Whole Heart (1943)
 * We Happy Few (1946)
 * The Circle of the Day (1950)
 * The Success (1956)
 * The Fires of Autumn (1959)

Non-fiction

 * The Gentle Americans, 1864-1900: Biography of A Breed (1965)