Marilyn Howard Ellman, Daughter of The Three Stooges’ Curly Howard, Dies at 86. Mike Barnes. Tue, May 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM UTC. ... Marilyn Howard was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 18, 1938.

Marilyn Howard was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 18, 1938. Her dad — birth name Jerome Lester Horwitz — and mom, Elaine Julia Ackerman, were married for three years before they divorced in 1940.