Doris Dowling

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Doris Dowling (born May 15, 1923 in Detroit , Michigan , † June 18, 2004 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

After a short work as a choir singer on Broadway , Doris Dowling made her film debut in 1944 with a small role in the drama Tomorrow Belongs to Us . A year later, the actress received the first important role of her career from Billy Wilder : Dowling played a prostitute with no prospects at the side of Ray Milland and Jane Wyman in Wilder's addictive drama The Lost Weekend . Other tragic female roles followed, such as a murdered alcoholic in the film noir The Blue Dahlia alongside Alan Ladd . After her career in Hollywood fizzled out, Dowling moved to Italy in the late 1940s. There she had another success in 1949 with the lead role as the gangster bride in the then scandalous thriller Bitter Rice . Dowling played Bianca in Orson Welles ' production of Othello in 1952. After her return to the USA, Dowling appeared almost exclusively in television productions, such as Einsatz in Manhattan , The Incredible Hulk, and Simon & Simon .

In 1984 Dowling retired from acting after over 60 film and television appearances. Her older sister was the actress Constance Dowling (1920–1969). Doris Dowling was married three times: from 1952 to 1956 with the band leader Artie Shaw , from 1956 to 1959 with the producer Robert F. Blumhofe and from 1960 until her death in 2004 with the producer Leonard B. Kaufman . She was in a relationship with Wilder from 1944 to 1945.

Filmography

  • 1944: And Now Tomorrow is ours
  • 1945: Bring on the Girls
  • 1945: The Lost Weekend (The Lost Weekend)
  • 1946: The Blue Dahlia (The Blue Dahlia)
  • 1947: The Crimson Key
  • 1948: I kiss your hand, Madame (The Emperor Waltz)
  • 1949: bitter rice (Riso amaro)
  • 1950: Sarumba
  • 1950: Between love and vice (Alina)
  • 1950: Cuori sul mare
  • 1952: Orson Welles' Othello (The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice)
  • 1952: Armstrong Circle Theater (TV series, episode)
  • 1952: Lights Out (TV series, an episode)
  • 1954: Medic (TV series, an episode)
  • 1954: Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series, an episode)
  • 1955: Cheyenne (TV series, an episode)
  • 1955–1956: Science Fiction Theater (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1955–1956: Climax! (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1956: Running Target
  • 1957: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series, an episode)
  • 1958: Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( Richard Diamond, Private Detective , TV series, one episode)
  • 1958: Meet McGraw (TV series, episode)
  • 1958: Mike Hammer (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1958: Wink of an Eye
  • 1958: The Party Crashers
  • 1959: Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series, one episode)
  • 1959: Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series, an episode)
  • 1960: Wells Fargo (TV series, an episode)
  • 1960: The Chevy Mystery Show (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1960: Checkmate (TV series, an episode)
  • 1960: Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( Alfred Hitchcock Presents , television series, an episode)
  • 1960: Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series, episode)
  • 1962: Leap from the Clouds ( Ripcord , TV series, an episode)
  • 1962: The Tall Man (TV series, episode)
  • 1962: Andy Griffith Show ( The Andy Griffith Show , television series, episode)
  • 1962: Perry Mason (TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: The Gallant Men (TV series, episode)
  • 1963: Bonanza (TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: The Eleventh Hour (TV series, episode)
  • 1963: Grindl (TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: Breaking Point (TV series, episode)
  • 1964: Ringmaster Johnny Slate ( The Greatest Show on Earth , television series, an episode)
  • 1964: My Living Doll (TV series, five episodes)
  • 1966: Birds Do It
  • 1966: Daktari (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1967: Flipper (TV series, episode)
  • 1971: Without Fear and Saddle ( Bearcats ! , TV series, an episode)
  • 1972: O'Hara, US Treasury (TV series, episode)
  • 1972: The Streets of San Francisco ( The Streets of San Francisco , television series, one episode)
  • 1974: Tell Me Where It Hurts (Movie made for TV)
  • 1974, 1979: Barnaby Jones (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1975: Get Christie Love! (TV series, an episode)
  • 1975: Adam-12 (TV series, episode)
  • 1975: Medical Story (TV series, episode)
  • 1976: Kojak - deployment in Manhattan ( Kojak , TV series, an episode)
  • 1977: The Devil on Wheels (The Car)
  • 1979: Wonder Woman (TV series, episode)
  • 1979: Time Express (TV series, an episode)
  • 1980: Scruples (mini-series, one episode)
  • 1980: The Incredible Hulk ( The Incredible Hulk , television series, one episode)
  • 1980–1984: A Duke Seldom Comes Alone ( The Dukes of Hazzard , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1981: Separate Ways
  • 1982: Simon & Simon (TV series, an episode)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hellmuth Karasek : Billy Wilder. A close up . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 978-3-455-08453-5 , pp. 322 f .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Dowling, Doris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2004
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States