EDDIE DOWLING 1966 ALS Autograph/Handwritten/Signed-Letter - Actor/Playwright for Sale

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EDDIE DOWLING 1966 ALS Autograph/Handwritten/Signed-Letter - Actor/Playwright:
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This is an early autograph letter signed by actor, screenwriter, playwright, producer, songwriter and composer, Eddie Dowling (1889-1976). He writes to producer, Anna Sosenko and speaks about her art gallery and makes a joke about Miss America being an 'idiot.' He also speaks of his wife, 'Rae,' actress and stage performer, Rachel "Ray" Dooley. He writes in a very unusual and attractive style. Dated March 9, 1966. It measures 8.5" x 11" and is in generally clean condition with the original, even folds.

This piece is from the estate of Anna Sosenko. Mrs. Sosenko was best known as the manager of the cabaret performer, Hildegarde, and wrote the song, 'Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup' among others. Later in life she was a producer of many star-studded theatrical events and had relationships with many prominent figures in the world of entertainment.

From Wikipedia on Dowling:

Eddie Dowling (December 11, 1889 — February 18, 1976) was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, producer, songwriter and composer.

Born Joseph Nelson Goucher on December 11, 1889, he was the 14th of 17 children born to a father of French-Canadian descent and a mother of Irish descent in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. (Some sources give his middle name as "Narcisse".) He took his professional surname from the maiden name of his mother, Bridget Mary Dowling, who was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island. His father was Charles Goucher, a textile worker, who was born in St Marcel, Province of Québec, Canada.

Dowling began his career in vaudeville with the Homan Stock Company at the Scenic Temple theatre in Providence, RI. He appeared on stage for many years, including appearances in the Ziegfeld Follies. His Broadway debut came in The Velvet Lady (1919). His most famous role was as "Tom Wingfield" in the original Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie, starring opposite Laurette Taylor and Julie Haydon. He produced the play's original Chicago production in 1944, and followed it to Broadway.

Dowling sought the 1934 Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat from Rhode Island. At the time, TIME magazine reported that his great-grandfather and two great-grand uncles were the founders of Goucher College for Women in Baltimore, and that "he was the 14th in a family of 17 children; his schooling had extended only up to the third grade; he had been a cabin boy and a music hall singer ... and he owned a sausage factory in California."

Dowling was married to the Glasgow, Scotland-born actress and stage performer, Rachel Rice Dooley (October 30, 1888 — January 28, 1984) who specialized in physical comedy; they had two children, Jack and Maxine. Jack Dowling died serving in the World War II.

On February 18, 1976, Dowling died in Smithfield, Rhode Island[7] at the age of 86. His widow died in 1984, aged 95, in East Hampton, Long Island, New York.

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