Constance Dowling
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Constance Dowling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 0.7643
Birthday 1920-07-24
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Black Angel
1946

Black Angel

Duel Without Honor
1950

Duel Without Honor

Gog
1954

Gog

Blind Spot
1947

Blind Spot

The Flame
1947

The Flame

Boston Blackie and the Law
1946

Boston Blackie and the Law

Up in Arms
1944

Up in Arms

City of Pain
1949

City of Pain

La strada finisce sul fiume
1950

La strada finisce sul fiume

Knickerbocker Holiday
1944

Knickerbocker Holiday

The Well Groomed Bride
1946

The Well Groomed Bride

Miss Italia
1950

Miss Italia

Mad About Opera
1948

Mad About Opera