Joan Dowling
Biography
Joan Dowling was a British character actress who, though never formally trained, began taking parts in small plays and pantomimes as a young girl. Born in 1928 and raised in Uxbridge, she approached a London acting agency at fourteen and soon landed her first proper part. Her major stage debut came in 1945 as Norma Bates in Joan Temple's No Room at the Inn, first staged at the Embassy Theatre before transferring to the Winter Garden Theatre, and she repeated the role in the 1948 film version. At seventeen she signed a film contract with Associated British Pictures. She was best known as the tomboy Clarry in the Ealing Studios production Hue and Cry (1947). Her other stage work included Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1950 and the Principal Boy in Robinson Crusoe in 1952, and she appeared in the radio series Meet the Huggetts in 1953. She died in 1954.
26years old at death
- Born Chertsey
- Died London
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 5 years1947 to 1952
Every film, newest first
- 195224 Hours of a Woman's LifeIMDb rating 5.1
- 1952The Magic BoxIMDb rating 7.0
- 1951Pool of LondonIMDb rating 7.1
- 1947Hue and CryIMDb rating 6.7
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Big break
Producer Anthony Hawtrey cast Joan Dowling as Norma Bates in Joan Temple's play No Room at the Inn, which first played at the Embassy Theatre in July 1945.
Early training
Dowling had no formal acting training and took roles in small plays and pantomimes before approaching a London acting agency at 14, which gave her her first proper part.
A first
Dowling was 17 years old when she signed her first film contract for Associated British Pictures, the company she went on to work with.
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Worked with
Joan Dowling shares two films with Renée Asherson, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Renée Asherson's page
Richard Attenborough's page
James Robertson Justice's page
Ian Bannen's page
Leslie Phillips's page
Roland Culver's page
Charles CrichtonDirector, 1 film, 1947
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John BoultingDirector, 1 film, 1952
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Basil DeardenDirector, 1 film, 1951
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