Bairbre Dowling

Bairbre Dowling
Born (1953-03-27)27 March 1953
Dublin
Died 20 January 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 62)
Nationality Irish
Occupation Actress
Notable work Playboy of the Western World, The Dead, War of the Buttons
Spouse(s) Colm Meaney (m. 1982–1994)
Children 1
Parent(s) Vincent Dowling
Brenda Doyle

Bairbre Dowling (27 March 1953 – 20 January 2016) was an Irish actress.

She was born in Dublin as Barbara Patricia Dowling, the daughter of actor Vincent Dowling and actress Brenda Doyle, who died in a car crash in 2016. She had three sisters, Louise, Valerie and Rachel, and a half-brother, Cian.[1] Between 1982 and 1994 she was married to actor Colm Meaney,[2][3] with whom she had a daughter, Brenda, in 1984.[4]

Dowling acted with her husband in the PBS television film Playboy of the Western World in 1983,[5] in John Huston's 1987 film The Dead,[6] and in the 1994 drama War of the Buttons.[7]

In 1970 she was part of the company at the Abbey Theatre, where she appeared in The Becauseway[8] (1970) and Rites[9] (1973).

In 2011 she appeared in a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy, Temporal Powers;[10] this was a Mint Theatre[11] production presented as part of the Teresa Deevy project.

Bairbre was a member of The California Artists Radio Theatre ensemble and performed in over 30 of their live radio plays.

Filmography

Film

Plays

  • The Becauseway (1970) – Girl
  • Rites (1973) – Girl
  • Temporal Powers (2011)

Television

References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Dowling, Vincent (1929–2013)". Contemporary Authors  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 2006-01-01.
  2. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-actress-bairbre-dowling-62-dies-after-short-illness-34403225.html
  3. ↑ "'I had no time for them crying into their pints'". The Irish Times  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 2007-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Stroke-ism and greed: why Colm Meaney is convinced we've sold our souls". The Mail on Sunday  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 2012-08-26.
  5. ↑ Playboy of the Western World (TV 1983) Internet Movie Database. Retrieved: 2013-03-14.
  6. ↑ The Dead (1987) Internet Movie Database. Retrieved: 2013-03-14.
  7. ↑ War of the Buttons (1994) Internet Movie Database; retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Abbey Theatre Archive".
  9. ↑ "The Abbey Theatre Archive".
  10. ↑ "The Teresa Deevy Archive".
  11. ↑ "Mint Theatre Company".



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