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Constance Dowling is a Actor American born on 24 july 1920 at New York City (USA)
Constance Dowling (July 24, 1920 - October 28, 1969) was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1955, Dowling married film producer Ivan Tors, with whom she had three sons: Steven, David, and Peter Tors, as well as a foster child, Alfred Ndwego of Kenya. She retired from acting after this marriage.
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Constance Dowling
Nationality USA
Birth 24 july 1920 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 october 1969 (at 49 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 24 july 1920 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 october 1969 (at 49 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Dowling had been involved in a long affair with married director Elia Kazan in New York. He couldn't bring himself to leave his wife and the affair ended when Dowling went to Hollywood under contract to Goldwyn. She was later linked with Italian poet/novelist Cesare Pavese who committed suicide in 1950 after being rejected by Dowling. One of his last poems is entitled "Death will come and she'll have your eyes".In 1955, Dowling married film producer Ivan Tors, with whom she had three sons: Steven, David, and Peter Tors, as well as a foster child, Alfred Ndwego of Kenya. She retired from acting after this marriage.
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Filmography of Constance Dowling (11 films)
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Gog (1954)
, 1h25Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall, Philip Van Zandt, Michael Fox, William Schallert
Roles Joanna Merritt
Rating54%
Unaccountable, deadly malfunctions begin occurring at a top-secret government facility under the New Mexico desert where a space station is being constructed. Agents from the Office of Scientific Investigation (OSI) in Washington, D.C. are called in to investigate.
My Beautiful Daughter (1950)
, 1h42Directed by Duilio Coletti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gina Lollobrigida, Richard Ney, Constance Dowling, Luisa Rossi, Carlo Campanini, Luigi Almirante
Roles Lilly
Rating59%
La strada finisce sul fiume (1950)
, 1hDirected by Luigi Capuano
Genres Drama
Actors Constance Dowling, Andrea Checchi, Tino Buazzelli, Bianca Doria, Paola Quattrini, Mirko Ellis
Roles Barbara
City of Pain (1949)
, 1h20Directed by Mario Bonnard
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Luigi Tosi, Gianni Rizzo, Constance Dowling, Elio Steiner, Milly Vitale, Felice Minotti
Roles Lubiza
Rating65%
Le film se déroule dans le Comitat d'Istrie et plus précisément à Pula.
The Flame (1947)
, 1h37Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Blanche Yurka
Roles Helen Anderson
Rating64%
A man (Carroll) induces an ambitious nurse (Ralston) to marry his rich brother (Paige) for the money who has a terminal disease.
Blind Spot (1947)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray, James Bell, William Forrest, Harry Strang
Roles Evelyn Green
Rating66%
A mystery writer hates his publisher and during the same night he get blind drunk the same publisher is murdered. The writer is the key suspect.
The Well Groomed Bride (1946)
, 1h15Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Oscar Rudolph, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts, James Gleason, Constance Dowling, Percy Kilbride
Roles Rita Sloane
Rating57%
In the spring of 1945 in San Francisco, United States Navy lieutenant Dudley Briggs (Ray Milland) is promised a two-week furlough and a promotion by his ship's captain if he can acquire a bottle of French champagne by the next morning to be used in launching of the U.S.S. Vengeance, the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Dudley heads to a liquor store and finds the last magnum of French champagne in the city—champagne having become rare during the war. Unfortunately, he loses the bottle to a beautiful young woman named Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland), who is about to be married to Army lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts), an Oregon football star, whom she has not seen in two years. Margie plans to present the bottle as the centerpiece for her upcoming wedding reception.
Black Angel (1946)
, 1h25Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford
Roles Mavis Marlowe
Rating68%
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin (Dan Duryea), team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling), who had been Martin's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a determined policeman, Captain Flood (Broderick Crawford), and a shifty nightclub owner, Mr. Marko, (Peter Lorre), who Catherine and Martin suspect may be the real killer.
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
, 1h9Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully
Roles Dinah Moran
Rating62%
When Boston Blackie performs magic tricks at a Thanksgiving Day party for the inmates of a women's prison, Dinah Moran (Constance Dowling) volunteers to enter a booth. She disappears after he draws the curtain, but as a former magician's assistant, uses the opportunity to escape. Police Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) takes Blackie into custody as an accomplice, but Blackie easily gets away himself.
Up in Arms (1944)
, 1h46Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore, Dana Andrews, Knox Manning, Constance Dowling, Dorothy Patrick
Roles Mary Morgan
Rating61%
Film musical, relatant les péripéties vécues par un garçon d'ascenseur un tantinet hypocondriaque, réussissant à obtenir un poste dans un hôpital espérant des consultations médicales plus faciles de cette façon et qui sympathise avec de charmantes infirmières. Las, la guerre avec les japonais le rattrape et il se retrouve propulsé dans le pacifique où il finit plus ou moins héroïquement, à la mode hollywoodienne de l'époque.
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
, 1h25Directed by Harry Joe Brown
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Shelley Winters, Otto Kruger, Ernest Cossart
Roles Tina Tienhoven
Rating52%