Background
Dowling, Eddie was born on December 9, 1894 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles and Bridget Goucher.
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Eddie Dowling
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Educational public schools. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Mount Mary College, Catholic University, Washington.
Career
Sang with Saint Paul’s Cathedral Choir on world tour. First stage appearance New England Stock Company. Appeared in She Took a Change, Velvet Lady, Ziegfeld Follies, 1918, 19, 20.
The Girl in the Spotlight, Blaze of Glory, Love’s Old Sweet Song, Purple Dust, Our Town.
Produced and palyed in Thumbs Up, Here Come the Clowns, The Time of Your Life. Produced His Double Life, Big Hearted Herbert, Richard II, Shadow and Substance, Madame Capet, The White Steed.
Wrote and played in Girl Behind the Gun, Rainbow manitoba Wrote and produced Sidewalks of New New York
Wrote, produced and played in Sally, Irene and Mary and Honeymoon Lane.
Producer, director The Righteous are Bold, 1956. Star and director Mr. Dooley, 1957; produced plays by new authors for various university and colleges
President Eddie Dowling Prodns., Eddie Dowling, Incorporated.
Achievements
Membership
Clubs: Lambs, Dutch Treat.
Connections
Married Ray Dooley; children: John G., Mary Maxine.
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Nationality
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Religion
Roman Catholic
Awards
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Recipient Drama Critics’ award for Shadow and Substance, 1938, The White Steed, 1939, both Pulitzer prize and Drama Critics’ award for The Time of Your Life, 1940. Critic’s Circle Award for The Glass Menagerie, 1943. Directed The Iceman Cometh.tempSpaceOrganizer, 1st president, United States Camp Shows, Incorporated. Discovered Kate Smith, Maurice Evans, Paul Vincent Carroll. Also produced, wrote and directed Chrysler-Ziegfeld Radio Follies.tempSpaceChairman State and Screen Division of National Democratic Party, 1932, 36, 40.Recipient Drama Critics’ award for Shadow and Substance, 1938, The White Steed, 1939, both Pulitzer prize and Drama Critics’ award for The Time of Your Life, 1940. Critic’s Circle Award for The Glass Menagerie, 1943. Directed The Iceman Cometh.tempSpaceOrganizer, 1st president, United States Camp Shows, Incorporated.
Discovered Kate Smith, Maurice Evans, Paul Vincent Carroll. Also produced, wrote and directed Chrysler-Ziegfeld Radio Follies.tempSpaceChairman State and Screen Division of National Democratic Party, 1932, 36, 40.