Daughters: photographer Willa Mamet and actress Zosia Mamet.
Former sister-in-law of Lynn Mamet.
Graduated from Radcliffe in 1970 with the first class to receive Harvard diplomas.
Her father was Russel Crouse, author of Life with Father (1947) and State of the Union (1948) among others.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. [1977]
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. [1984]
Named after Howard Lindsay, her father's longtime writing partner.
She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.