Christmas screening of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” but the actor’s nephew said she ultimately died peacefully in her sleep.The cause of Howes' death has not been released.The New York Times reported she died in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Sunday.Howes, an English actor, began her career on the big screen at the age of 12 in the 1943 film “Thursday’s Child,” where she played a schoolgirl turned successful actor.