Bairbre Dowling (27 March 1953 â€" 20 January 2016), born Barbara
Patricia Dowling, was an Irish actress. She appeared in films,
frequently on the American stage and on US TV (as well as in Irish
productions).Dowling was born in Dublin, the daughter of actor Vincent
Dowling and actress Brenda Doyle (who died in a motorcycle collision
in 1981). She had three sisters, Louise, Valerie and Rachael, and a
half-brother, Cian. Irish politician Richard Boyd Barrett was
Dowling's biological half-brother, though this fact was not made
public until after Vincent Dowling's death in 2013.In 1970 Dowling was
part of the company at the Abbey Theatre, where she appeared in The
Becauseway (1970) and Rites (1973). In 1977 she worked with her father
at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. She shared
the stage with her husband Colm Meaney in And a Nightingale Sang in
1985. She was seen on Broadway in Da by Hugh Leonard. In 2011 she
appeared in a play by playwright Teresa Deevy, Temporal Powers, a Mint
Theatre production presented as part of the Teresa Deevy project.She
established an ongoing presence at the Miniature Theatre of Chester in
Massachusetts, often working with her father as director or co-star.
In 1992 she starred in Last Tag, and in 1993 in An Audience with Fanny
Kemble, a one-woman show by Anne Ludlum, based on the life of actress
and writer Fanny Kemble. In 2004, she appeared in Isobel Mahon's So
Long, Sleeping Beauty, and in 2007, in The Gravity of Honey, in Dear
Liar and in Is Life Worth It? in 2009.
Patricia Dowling, was an Irish actress. She appeared in films,
frequently on the American stage and on US TV (as well as in Irish
productions).Dowling was born in Dublin, the daughter of actor Vincent
Dowling and actress Brenda Doyle (who died in a motorcycle collision
in 1981). She had three sisters, Louise, Valerie and Rachael, and a
half-brother, Cian. Irish politician Richard Boyd Barrett was
Dowling's biological half-brother, though this fact was not made
public until after Vincent Dowling's death in 2013.In 1970 Dowling was
part of the company at the Abbey Theatre, where she appeared in The
Becauseway (1970) and Rites (1973). In 1977 she worked with her father
at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. She shared
the stage with her husband Colm Meaney in And a Nightingale Sang in
1985. She was seen on Broadway in Da by Hugh Leonard. In 2011 she
appeared in a play by playwright Teresa Deevy, Temporal Powers, a Mint
Theatre production presented as part of the Teresa Deevy project.She
established an ongoing presence at the Miniature Theatre of Chester in
Massachusetts, often working with her father as director or co-star.
In 1992 she starred in Last Tag, and in 1993 in An Audience with Fanny
Kemble, a one-woman show by Anne Ludlum, based on the life of actress
and writer Fanny Kemble. In 2004, she appeared in Isobel Mahon's So
Long, Sleeping Beauty, and in 2007, in The Gravity of Honey, in Dear
Liar and in Is Life Worth It? in 2009.
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