Ron Howard is honoring his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, on what would have been her 98th birthday.

"A fav pic of our late mother, actress Jean Speegle Howard. She would have been 98 ... she put her own career on hold to raise Ron and his younger brother, Clint, 65, with her husband, Rance.

Speaking about his early life in Oklahoma, Ron, 70, ruminated on how his own parents (director Rance Howard and actress Jean ...

Bryce Dallas Howard joined her dad, Ron Howard, and uncle, fellow actor (and Ron's young brother ... (director Rance Howard and actress Jean Speegle) propelled his start as a child actor on ...