Obituaries

His first wife, Helen Shea McPhilimy, died in 1975. His second wife, Phyllis Hendon McPhilimy, died in 2001.

Survivors include two children from his first marriage, Nancy Kulik of Canton, Conn., and Bruce McPhilimy of Dacula, Ga.; four stepchildren, Shawn Hendon of Rockville, Kevin Hendon of Ellicott City, Stacy Diokno of New Market and Kathlene Wholey of Upper St. Clair, Pa.; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Jenny Andrée HoweActress, CIA Analyst

Jenny Andrée Howe, 80, a former French actress, a homemaker and a retired analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency, died of breast cancer July 27 at her home in Bethesda.

Mrs. Howe was born in Mons, Belgium, and moved with her family to France in 1933. Working in French theater and film from 1942 to 1948, she had both leading and secondary roles in the major theaters of Nice and Monte Carlo in Monaco. Using the name Jenny LeDuc, she had several film noir roles, including that of Irma in "Panique!" (1946), directed by Julien Duvivier; a role in "The Last Ride" (1946), directed by Léon Mathot; and the role of the doctor's maid in "The History of Song" (1947), directed by Gilles Grangier.

She graduated from Aix-Marseille University in 1951 and met her future husband, then a U.S. Navy lieutenant, in Nice on Bastille Day. After her marriage at St. Andrews Chapel on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy, she taught French at St. John's College from 1952 to 1954.

During the 1950s, she lived in Annapolis; Bayside, Va.; and Arlington. She made her home in California from 1960 to 1963 and then returned to the area, living in Chevy Chase and Bethesda until her death.

She was a homemaker until her sons were grown. From 1974 to 1989, she worked as a CIA operations analyst, dealing with Soviet espionage. A son recalled that on one occasion the agency dispatched her to New York to drop off money, but a pickpocket relieved her of the cash before she could complete the assignment.

She received the Intelligence Commendation Medal and Honorable Service Medal upon her retirement in 1989.

An avid gardener, she cultivated numerous varieties of roses and was a volunteer gardener at Hillwood Garden.