1. Constance Dowling was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
14 Facts About Constance Dowling
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Constance Dowling had two brothers, Richard Dowling and Robert Smith Dowling, and was the elder sister of actress Doris Dowling.
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Constance Dowling attended Wadleigh High School for Girls in New York City.
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Constance Dowling was a dancer at the Paradise nightclub in New York City, a job that she obtained by lying about her age to her employer and lying about the job to her mother.
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In 1946, newspaper columnist Hedda Hopper reported that Constance Dowling had signed a long-term contract with Eagle-Lion Films.
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Constance Dowling lived in Italy in 1947 through 1950 and appeared in several Italian films.
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Constance Dowling returned to Hollywood in the 1950s and landed a part in the sci-fi film Gog, her last film.
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Constance Dowling had been involved in a long affair with married director Elia Kazan in New York.
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Constance Dowling couldn't bring himself to leave his wife and the affair ended when Dowling went to Hollywood under contract to Goldwyn.
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Constance Dowling was later linked with the famous Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese who committed suicide in 1950 after a lifelong depression aggravated, at one point, by having been rejected by Dowling who, in Pavese's poetry, is often linked to spring.
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In 1955, Constance Dowling married film producer Ivan Tors, writer and producer of her last film.
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In early 1964, Dowling introduced John C Lilly to LSD for the first time.
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On October 28,1969, Constance Dowling died at the age of 49 of a heart attack at UCLA Medical Center.
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Constance Dowling's burial was at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.