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Joan Dowling is a Actor born on 6 january 1928
Joan Dowling (6 January 1928 – 31 March 1954) was an English character actress.
She was perhaps best known for her role as the tomboy Clarry in the 1947 Ealing Studios production Hue and Cry, a story set among the rubble and buildings of post-war London about a group of school children who discover that crooks have been sending coded messages about upcoming jobs to their gang using the pages of a children's comic. In 1951 she married Harry Fowler, another actor from the cast of Hue and Cry.
Joan Dowling committed suicide by gas poisoning in 1954.
^ Anthony Hawtrey (editor) (1946). Embassy Successes II. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.
^ Daily Mirror 1 April 1954 pp 8-9, "Tragedy of Farmer Street's Happy Child"
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Joan Dowling
Birth name Joan Dowling
Birth 6 january 1928
Death 31 march 1954 (at 26 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 6 january 1928
Death 31 march 1954 (at 26 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Biography
The illegitimate daughter of Vera Dowling, Joan was brought up by her greatgrandmother, Elizabeth Dowling, in Uxbridge. She had a passion for acting, although she was never formally trained, and took roles in small plays, pantomimes and other productions whenever she could. At the age of 14, she approached a London acting agency and was given her first 'proper' part in a small production (title unknown). Her major acting debut came when producer Anthony Hawtrey cast her in the role of Norma Bates in the Joan Temple play No Room at the Inn. The play's first performance was at the Embassy Theatre in July 1945. Subsequently the play transferred under producer Robert Atkins to the Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane. She also played the same role in the 1948 film version, with the screenplay co-written by the famous Welsh author Dylan Thomas and Ivan Foxwell. She signed her first film contract at the age of 17 for Associated British Pictures.She was perhaps best known for her role as the tomboy Clarry in the 1947 Ealing Studios production Hue and Cry, a story set among the rubble and buildings of post-war London about a group of school children who discover that crooks have been sending coded messages about upcoming jobs to their gang using the pages of a children's comic. In 1951 she married Harry Fowler, another actor from the cast of Hue and Cry.
Joan Dowling committed suicide by gas poisoning in 1954.
^ Anthony Hawtrey (editor) (1946). Embassy Successes II. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.
^ Daily Mirror 1 April 1954 pp 8-9, "Tragedy of Farmer Street's Happy Child"
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Filmography of Joan Dowling (11 films)
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Women of Twilight (1953)
, 1h29Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell, Freda Jackson, Joan Dowling, Mary Germaine, Ingeborg von Kusserow
Roles Rosie Gordon
Rating64%
"The scene throughout is a semi-basement living room in a house near London, a grim and sordid place inhabited for sleeping and eating by a motley group of unmarried young women with babies - already born or about to be hustled into an unfriendly world. The 'proprietress' - a sadistic, unscrupulous woman called Helen Allistair - though a qualified nurse, exploits these unfortunate outcasts from society until one of them - the despairing girl Vivianne, whose gangster lover is hanged and who has nothing to lose - discovers this ghoulish creature's baby-farming activities. Vivianne, whose baby is shortly to be born, faces Mrs Allistair with her accusation, is brutally assaulted and almost loses her life. In the end justice is done, and Mrs Allistair gets her deserts.
The Magic Box (1952)
, 1h58Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford, Janette Scott
Roles Maggie
Rating69%
In 1921, William Friese-Greene, in dire financial straits and separated from his wife, but still working, attends a film conference in London. He is saddened that all the attendees are businessmen interested only in moneymaking. He attempts to speak, but no-one is interested and he sits down. He thinks back to his early pioneering days.
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
, 1h30Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Merle Oberon, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Joan Dowling, June Clyde, Peter Illing
Roles Mrs. Barry
Rating51%
Robert Sterling a writer, is visiting a café, when suddenly a scandal becomes known. To keep the others from overreacting, Sterling tells them about something similar that he saw happen long time ago. He had been in Monte Carlo, and was playing host to a young widow whom he knew well. When he persuaded her to visit the casino one night, she became irresistibly attracted to an unstable young man who became suicidal after losing all his money at roulette. Sterling describes how they fell deeply in love, and how both of them then had to face difficult decisions about the future.
Pool of London (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson, Moira Lister, Max Adrian
Roles Pamela, Maisie's sister
Rating70%
The story centres on the crew of the merchant ship Dunbar, which docks in the Pool of London. The crew members are given shore leave, and soon become involved in smuggling and petty crime in post-war London. The film is mainly known for portraying the first interracial relationship in a British film.
Murder Without Crime (1950)
, 1h20Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dennis Price, Derek Farr, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, Joan Dowling
Roles Grena, Nightclub Hostess
Rating62%
Following a bitter row, writer Stephen Holt (Derek Farr) walks out on his wife Jan (Patricia Plunkett) and goes to drown his sorrows at a night Club. A drunken Steve ends up returning home with the club’s wily hostess, Grena (Joan Dowling). Just then Jan calls, and announces she’s returning that night to the flat. Steve attempts to get rid of Grena, but a fight ensues and he believes he’s killed her. He quickly hides the body in an ottoman. Downstairs, the suave and sinister landlord Matthew (Dennis Price) hears the disturbance and goes to investigate. Matthew suspects the edgy Steve is hiding something, and during the night continually taunts his tenant. Stephen eventually confesses, but rather than calling for the police the landlord blackmails his tenant for an extortionate rent, and reveal his long-held affection for his tenant's wife.
For Them That Trespass (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Todd, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, James Hayter, Harry Fowler, Michael Brennan, Joan Dowling
Roles Gracie, Rosie's friend
Rating64%
Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to his dismay, he witnesses a murder but refuses to help an innocent man, Herbert Logan, arrested for the crime, because his presence in such a neighbourhood would cause a scandal. Logan is freed after serving 15 years in jail and he hears his "crime" detailed on a radio drama written by Drew, which enables him to gather enough evidence to finally clear his name.
Landfall (1949)
, 1h26Directed by Ken Annakin, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Michael Denison, Edith Sharpe, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, Kathleen Harrison, Denis O'Dea, David Tomlinson
Roles Miriam
Rating65%
A British coastal command pilot sinks what he believes [correctly] to be a German submarine, which had sunk a British submarine, for which sinking the pilot is blamed. He is charged with neglect, and volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent, and did sink a German U-boat rather than a British one.
Train of Events (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Anthology film
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jack Warner, Peter Finch, Valerie Hobson, Susan Shaw, Miles Malleson, Leslie Phillips
Roles Ella
Rating64%
The film opens with a long shot of a Liverpool-bound train waiting to depart from Euston station in London. The train leaves with various characters on board.
Bond Street (1948)
, 1h49Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jean Kent, Roland Young, Hazel Court, Kathleen Harrison, Derek Farr, Ronald Howard
Roles Norma
Rating63%
No Room at the Inn (1948)
, 1h22Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Freda Jackson, Joan Dowling, Joy Shelton, Hermione Baddeley, Niall MacGinnis, Harcourt Williams
Roles Norma Bates
Rating66%
As part of the mass evacuation of children in the early months of World War II, teenage Mary O'Rane is billeted with Mrs Agatha ('Aggie') Voray in an unthreatened area in the north of England. Mary soon discovers that, behind her respectable front, Mrs Voray forces her evacuee charges (five in all) to live in squalor and semi-starvation while spending the money intended for their upkeep on alcohol and personal fripperies. Yet when Mary is visited by her father, Mrs Voray easily convinces him that Mary's allegations are groundless; to Mary's horror, he ends his visit by accompanying Mrs Voray on a pub crawl. Mary's young schoolteacher, Judith Drave, takes her concerns about the children's welfare to the local authorities but is ignored. Mary, meanwhile, is coaxed into petty crime by her fellow evacuee Norma. Matters come to a head when Mrs Voray goes out for the evening and returns to find that her new hat has been damaged. In an alcohol-fuelled fury, she locks little Ronnie in the coal cellar for the night. In the small hours, Mary and Norma sneak out of bed to release him, leading, in an unexpected turn of events, to Mrs Voray's accidental death.
Hue and Cry (1947)
, 1h22Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes La bande dessinée
Actors Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler, Joan Dowling, Douglas Barr, Jack Lambert, Jack Warner
Roles Clarry
Rating66%
Des gamins des rues, avec à leur tête Joe Kirby, tentent de mettre fin aux agissements d'un escroc qui réussit à pirater les bandes dessinées d'un journal pour transmettre des messages codés à une bande de gangsters. Une bagarre mémorable, à laquelle tous les gosses du quartier prennent part, permettra d'arrêter le faussaire et ses acolytes.