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Doris Dowling is a Actor American born on 15 may 1923 at Detroit (USA)
Doris Dowling (May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004) was an American actress of film, stage and television.
After her time as a chorus-girl on Broadway, Detroit-born Doris Dowling followed her elder sister Constance to Hollywood. Her first credited film role was that of Gloria, barfly and drinking companion to fellow alcoholic Ray Milland in the 1945 film The Lost Weekend. She next appeared in The Blue Dahlia, which starred Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. As post-war work became more scarce, she emigrated to Italy to revive her career, as her sister had done.
In Italy, Dowling starred in several acclaimed films including Bitter Rice. She appeared in Orson Welles's European production of Othello in 1952, playing Bianca. Upon returning to the US, much of her work was in theatre and on television. She appeared in such television shows as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Science Fiction Theater, Bonanza, Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show, and, late in her career, The Incredible Hulk, Kojak and finally, The Dukes of Hazzard in 1984. She also co-starred with Bob Cummings and Julie Newmar in the sitcom My Living Doll.
In 1973, Dowling shared an Outer Critics Circle award for her performance in a revival of The Women on Broadway.
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 may 1923 at Detroit (USA)
Death 18 june 2004 (at 81 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 15 may 1923 at Detroit (USA)
Death 18 june 2004 (at 81 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
After her time as a chorus-girl on Broadway, Detroit-born Doris Dowling followed her elder sister Constance to Hollywood. Her first credited film role was that of Gloria, barfly and drinking companion to fellow alcoholic Ray Milland in the 1945 film The Lost Weekend. She next appeared in The Blue Dahlia, which starred Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. As post-war work became more scarce, she emigrated to Italy to revive her career, as her sister had done.
In Italy, Dowling starred in several acclaimed films including Bitter Rice. She appeared in Orson Welles's European production of Othello in 1952, playing Bianca. Upon returning to the US, much of her work was in theatre and on television. She appeared in such television shows as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Science Fiction Theater, Bonanza, Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show, and, late in her career, The Incredible Hulk, Kojak and finally, The Dukes of Hazzard in 1984. She also co-starred with Bob Cummings and Julie Newmar in the sitcom My Living Doll.
In 1973, Dowling shared an Outer Critics Circle award for her performance in a revival of The Women on Broadway.
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The Car (1977)
, 1h37Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, Ronny Cox, R.G. Armstrong, John Rubinstein
Roles Bertha Clements
Rating62%
Two bicyclists cycling on a canyon are followed by a mysterious black car down the road. At the bridge, the car proceeds to crush one cyclist against the wall, and ram the other from behind, causing him to fall off the bridge. A hitchhiker, hoping to get a ride, encounters the car and insults it after it purposefully tries to run him down. In response, the car runs over him and leaves. The local sheriff's office, called to the first of a series of hit and run deaths, get a lead on the car that appears heavily customized and has no license plate, as pointed out by Amos Clemens (R. G. Armstrong) after he sees it run over the hitchhiker.
Birds Do It (1966)
, 1h28Directed by Andrew Marton
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell, Edward Andrews, Doris Dowling, Beverly Adams
Roles Congresswoman Clanger
Rating47%
The film opens with a series of unsuccessful assassination attempts by an unknown organisation with their target being Melvin Byrd (Sales). Byrd is a janitor in a NASA laboratory headed by Major General Smithburn (Andrews) with his security officer being an inept bungler, Lt. Porter (Hunter). Porter is captured and impersonated by an enemy double from the same organization attempting to kill Byrd.
Wink of an Eye (1958)
, 1h12Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Doris Dowling, Barbara Turner, Wally Brown, Paul Smith, Lucien Littlefield
Roles Myrna Duchane
Rating56%
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The Party Crashers (1958)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mark Damon, Bobby Driscoll, Connie Stevens, Frances Farmer, Doris Dowling, Gary Gray
Roles Mrs. Webster
Rating56%
Running Target (1956)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Doris Dowling, Arthur Franz, Richard Reeves, Myron Daniel Healey, James Anderson, Gene Roth
Roles Smitty
Rating56%
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Othello (1951)
, 1h30Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Doris Dowling, Joseph Cotten, Robert Coote, Joan Fontaine
Roles Bianca
Rating74%
À Venise, les succès militaires du général Othello, dit le maure, et son mariage avec la belle Desdémona, fille du sénateur Barbantio, suscitent à la fois l'admiration et la jalousie. Iago, lieutenant d'Othello, va semer le doute dans l'esprit de son général quant à la fidélité de son épouse. Cupide, Iago ne cherche qu'à assouvir son ambition, et tente de parvenir à ses fins en manipulant adroitement chaque personnage.
Alina (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Giorgio Pàstina
Genres Drama
Actors Gina Lollobrigida, Gino Buzzanca, Doris Dowling, Juan de Landa, Lauro Gazzolo, Otello Toso
Roles Marie
Rating60%
Hearts at Sea (1950)
, 1h35Directed by Giorgio Bianchi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Doris Dowling, Jacques Sernas, Milly Vitale, Charles Vanel, Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Panelli
Roles Doris
Rating56%
Bitter Rice (1949)
, 1h48Directed by Giuseppe De Santis
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime, Italian neorealism
Themes Feminist films, Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Nico Pepe, Checco Rissone
Roles Francesca
Rating75%
The film begins at the start of the rice-planting season in northern Italy. In an effort to escape the law, two small-time thieves, Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman), hide amongst the crowds of female workers heading to the rice fields of the Po Valley. While attempting to board the train for the fields, the pair runs into Silvana (Silvana Mangano), a peasant rice worker. Francesca boards the train with Silvana, who introduces her to the planter's way of life. Francesca does not have a work permit, and struggles with the other "illegals" to find a place on the rice fields. After initial resistance from documented workers and bosses, the scabs are allowed a place in the fields. At the fields, Silvana and Francesca meet a soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco (Raf Vallone), who unsuccessfully tries to attract Silvana's interest.
The Crimson Key (1947)
, 1h16Directed by Eugene Forde
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Kent Taylor, Doris Dowling, Dennis Hoey, Louise Currie, Ivan Triesault, Arthur Space
Roles Margaret Loring
Rating64%
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
, 1h35Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont
Roles Helen Morrison
Rating70%
Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) is put on the inactive list. He returns home to Hollywood from the fighting in the south Pacific, bringing along his buddies and medically discharged crewmates Buzz Wanchek (William Bendix) and George Copeland (Hugh Beaumont). Buzz is prone to memory lapses and headaches, and is often short tempered, all likely due to his head wound.
The Lost Weekend (1945)
, 1h41Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Terry, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen
Roles Gloria
Rating78%
Thursday - An alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam, is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick, who is trying to discourage his drinking. When Don’s girlfriend Helen comes to see them off, she mentions in passing that she has two tickets for a concert, to which Don urges Wick to accompany her. Don heads for Nat’s Bar, deliberately missing his train, and then sneaks back into the flat to drink some cheap whisky he has bought, avoiding Helen who is worried about him being left alone.
And Now Tomorrow (1944)
, 1h26Directed by Irving Pichel, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan, Beulah Bondi, Grant Mitchell
Roles Maid of Honor
Rating67%
Emily Blair (Loretta Young), who stems from a very wealthy family, is deaf ever since she had meningitis several years ago. She has been away trying in vain to find a cure for her deafness, but is now returning to the town where she was born and raised, Blairtown. Before she went she was engaged to a man named Jeff Stoddard (Barry Sullivan), but put the wedding on hold because of her illness and the following hearing disability.