Joan Howard Maurer

Joan Howard Maurer (born April 2, 1927) is the daughter of Moe Howard of the Three Stooges.[1] She has written several books on the Three Stooges and appeared in a few films.

Joan Howard Maurer
Born	Joan Sally Howard April 2, 1927 Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Writer, actress
Years active	1934–1980
Spouse	Norman Maurer ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1986)​
Partner	Jack Klippenstein (1988; died 2019)
Children	2
Relatives	Moe Howard (father) Shemp Howard (paternal uncle) Curly Howard (paternal uncle)

In the 1980s, Maurer helped to raise funds for a cancer center dedicated to her father at the City of Hope National Medical Center by providing his autographs as incentives for donors to the facility in Duarte, California. After she discovered about 4,000 canceled checks that had been signed by Howard, she offered to give one of the checks to each donor who gave $10 or more to the center.[2]

She was married to cartoonist/director Norman Maurer, who wrote, produced, and directed many Stooges films,[3] for 39 years until his death in 1986.

Maurer currently resides in Seattle, Washington, and regularly attends Three Stooges conventions held yearly in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Her sons, Michael Maurer and Jeffrey Scott (Maurer), are both animation writers.

Books by Joan Howard Maurer

• The Three Stooges Book of Scripts ISBN 0-8065-1018-8; April 1984
• Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge ISBN 0-8065-1086-2; April 1985

Books co-authored by Joan Howard Maurer

• Moe Howard and the Three Stooges; written by Moe Howard, compiled by Joan Howard Maurer after Moe's death (July 1977)
• The Three Stooges Scrapbook; with Jeff and Greg Lenburg (1982, rev. 2000, 2012) (not to be confused with The Three Stooges Scrapbook unsold 1960 television pilot)
• The Three Stooges Book of Scripts, Volume II; with Norman Maurer (April 1987; published after his death in 1986)

All books originally published by Citadel Press.

Notes

1. Takiff, Jonathan (April 4, 2016). "Three Stooges fans not fooling -- they love those nitwits". Philadelphia Daily News. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. p. 6. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Wong, Annie (November 10, 1983). "Stooge's Autographs on Checks Benefit Hospital". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. p. SGV 2. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Williams, Jeff (August 13, 1989). "Dad was a Stooge". News-Press. Florida, Fort Myers. p. 2 F. Retrieved 30 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Joan Howard Maurer at IMDb