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Acting

Doris Dowling

Born
May 15, 1923 · Aged 81
Died
Jun 18, 2004
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender
Female
Movie credits
15
TV credits
31
Also known as (2)
  • Doris Rita Smith
  • Дорис Даулинг

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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…