Melodie Johnson Howe (born October 23, 1943) is an American actress and author. She became interested in writing at a young age and wrote several short plays that went unpublished.

She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles in creative writing. Yet in 1965, she embarked on an acting career in Hollywood. She appears in episodes generic several television series, including The Virginian, It Takes a Thief, Bewitched and Mannix.