Constance Dowling
Known for Acting · 13 credits
- Born
- 1920-07-24
- Died
- 1969-10-28
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Constance Dowling (July 24, 1920 – October 28, 1969) was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
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 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 ("face of springtime"). One of his last poems is entitled "Death will come and she'll have your eyes".
In 1955, Dowling married film producer Ivan Tors, writer and producer of her last film. (Another source, published two years earlier, refers to Dowling and Tors as "honeymooning.") She then retired from acting, going on to have three sons and a foster child with Tors.
In early 1964, Dowling introduced John C. Lilly to LSD for the first time.
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Known For
Movies (13)
Miss Italia
1950
as Lilly
The Flame
1947
as Helen Anderson
Black Angel
1946
as Mavis Marlowe
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
as Tina Tienhoven
Blind Spot
1947
as Evelyn Green
Up in Arms
1944
as Mary Morgan
Gog
1954
as Joanna Merritt
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946
as Dinah Moran
City of Pain
1949
as Lubiza
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
as Rita Sloane
Duel Without Honor
1950
as Olga
Mad About Opera
1948
as Margaret Jones
La strada finisce sul fiume
1950
as Barbara
About Constance Dowling
Constance Dowling (July 24, 1920 – October 28, 1969) was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s. 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 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… With 13 credits spanning from 1944 to 1954, Constance Dowling has appeared in 13 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Miss Italia (1950) — as Lilly
- The Flame (1947) — as Helen Anderson
- Black Angel (1946) — as Mavis Marlowe
- Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) — as Tina Tienhoven
- Blind Spot (1947) — as Evelyn Green
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