1. Doris Dowling was an American actress of film, stage and television.
11 Facts About Doris Dowling
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Doris Dowling's first credited film role was that of Gloria, an apparent escort who takes a shine to Ray Milland in the 1945 film The Lost Weekend.
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Doris Dowling next appeared in The Blue Dahlia, which starred Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.
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Doris Dowling portrayed Ladd's wife but was six inches taller so Ladd stood on ramps or boxes or, in many of their scenes together she was either sitting or lying down.
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Doris Dowling appeared in Orson Welles's European production of Othello in 1951, playing Bianca.
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Doris Dowling shared the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Performance in 1972 - 1973 for her performance in a revival of The Women on Broadway.
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Doris Dowling dated Billy Wilder during the 1940s and married three times.
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Later that year, on April 27,1956, Dowling married film executive Robert F Blumofe; they divorced in 1959.
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Doris Dowling married Leonard Kaufman on April 20,1960, to whom she remained married until her death in 2004.
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Doris Dowling died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on June 18,2004, at age 81.
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Doris Dowling is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.