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Joan Dowling (6 January 1928 – 31 March 1954) was a British character actress. Life and career. Dowling was the illegitimate daughter of Vera Dowling.
Joan Dowling was a British actress who starred in Ealing Studios comedies and stage plays. She married actor Harry Fowler in 1951, but committed suicide in 1954 after discovering his affair.
- January 6, 1928
- March 31, 1954
Joan Dowling. Actress: Murder Without Crime. Joan Dowling had a passion for acting and as an aspiring young actress she would take roles in plays, pantomimes and other works simply to be on the stage. Her first recognised role was at the tender age of 14 and she signed her first film contract at 17.
- Actress
- January 6, 1928
- Joan Dowling
- March 31, 1954
In 1951, Fowler married Joan Dowling, an actress who made her screen debut alongside him in Hue and Cry. After just three years of marriage, when her career was failing, she was found in a gas ...
- Anthony Hayward
On March 31, 1954 the twenty-six year old actress committed suicide. She was found unconscious in the gas filled kitchen in her West London home. Her official cause of death was suicide by asphyxiation. Joan was cremated and buried in London, England. Her mother and other relatives believe that her death may have been accidental.
English actress. Born Jan 6, 1928, in Laindon, Essex, England; died Mar 31, 1954, of asphyxiation in London, England.
Joan Dowling (6 January 1928 – 31 March 1954) was a British character actress. Contents. 1Life and career. 2Death. 3Filmography. 4Selected stage roles. 5Radio. Life and career. Dowling was the illegitimate daughter of Vera Dowling.
