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Name: Dorris Bowdon  
   
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Date of Birth: 27th December 1914
   
Place of Birth: Coldwater, Mississippi, USA
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Dorris Estelle Bowdon (December 27, 1914 – August 9, 2005) was an American actress, best known for her role as Rose of Sharon in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda.

Bowdon was born in Coldwater, Mississippi, one of 7 children. She was married to Nunnally Johnson from 1939 until his death in 1977, and they had three children together, the first of whom was born in 1943, which prematurely ended Bowden's acting career. She is the grandmother of actor Jack Johnson.

Dorris Bowdon died at the age of ninety of a stroke and heart failure.

Filmography

  • 1943: The Moon Is Down (Molly Morden )
  • 1940: Jennie (Lottie)
  • 1940: The Grapes of Wrath (Rose-of-Sharon Rivers)
  • 1939: Drums Along the Mohawk (Mary Reall)
  • 1939: Young Mr. Lincoln (scenes deleted: Carrie Sue)
  • 1938: Down on the Farm (Tessie Moody)
  • 1938: Always Goodbye (uncredited)

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