Andrea Howard

{{Short description|American actress (born 1947)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Andrea Howard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|02|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

| occupation = Actress, interior designer, realtor

| children = 3

| spouse = Volney E. Howard (m. 1974; died 2016)

| years_active = 1972–1992 (as actress)

}}

Andrea Howard (born February 10, 1947) is an American businesswoman and retired actress who worked in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s.{{cite web|title=Andrea Howard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/33454/Andrea-Howard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305084505/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/33454/Andrea-Howard|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-05}}

Her more notable films include The Nude Bomb as Agent 22 (1980),{{cite news|last=Swan|first=Lisa|title=Daily News Deja Vu: 'Get Smart'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/06/22/2008-06-22_daily_news_deja_vu_get_smart.html|accessdate=December 8, 2010|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=June 20, 2008}} and Thank God It's Friday as Sue (1978).{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Thank God It s Friday (1978) Screen: 'Thank God It's Friday': At the Zoo|first=Vincent|last=Canby|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=May 19, 1978|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=9B04E3D91330E632A2575AC1A9639C946990D6CF}} Some of her notable television credits include the American daytime soap opera Santa Barbara as Veronica Gayley (1984–85) and the comedy series Holmes & Yoyo as Maxine Moon (1976–77).{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

Howard married her first husband at the age of eighteen and had two children from the marriage, but she was divorced by the age of twenty-five. Her first job in the business was as a production assistant at Universal Studios and, shortly after that, made the change to acting. Andrea retired from acting in the early 1990s after a 20-year career. She then went into the real estate business with her second husband and also studied interior design. In later years, she has owned a winery in Bennett Valley with her husband{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} and a bed and bath boutique store with her daughter. She currently lives in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where she has worked as a realtor.{{cn|date=January 2024}}