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Bairbre Dowling(1953-2016)

  • Actress
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Bairbre Dowling was born on 27 March 1953 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Zardoz (1974), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Changing Habits (1997). She was married to Colm Meaney. She died on 20 January 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
BornMarch 27, 1953
DiedJanuary 20, 2016(62)
BornMarch 27, 1953
DiedJanuary 20, 2016(62)
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Known for

Sean Connery in Zardoz (1974)
Zardoz
5.8
  • Star
  • 1974
Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager
7.9
TV Series
  • Edith
Teri Garr, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Moira Kelly in Changing Habits (1997)
Changing Habits
5.8
  • Woman in Loft
  • 1997
Anjelica Huston and Donal McCann in The Dead (1987)
The Dead
7.2
  • Miss Higgins
  • 1987

Credits

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Actress

  • My Own Ladder
    Short
    • Molly
    • 2010
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Sister Rose
    • 2007
  • Jill Hennessy in Crossing Jordan (2001)
    Crossing Jordan
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Sister Mary Katherine
    • 2003
  • Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Star Trek: Voyager
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Edith
    • 2000
  • Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
    ER
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Dorgan
    • 1997
  • Teri Garr, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Moira Kelly in Changing Habits (1997)
    Changing Habits
    5.8
    • Woman in Loft
    • 1997
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Kate Dempsey
    • 1995
  • Joanne Whalley and Timothy Dalton in Scarlett (1994)
    Scarlett
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Mrs. Boyle (as Bairbra Dowling)
    • 1994
  • War of the Buttons (1994)
    War of the Buttons
    7.3
    • Geronimo's Mum
    • 1994
  • Christine Cromwell (1989)
    Christine Cromwell
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Ethna O'Brien
    • 1989
  • The Long Journey Home (1987)
    The Long Journey Home
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • MIA Wife #2
    • 1987
  • Anjelica Huston and Donal McCann in The Dead (1987)
    The Dead
    7.2
    • Miss Higgins
    • 1987
  • 1st & Ten (1984)
    1st & Ten
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Dr. Rose
    • 1986
  • Playboy of the Western World (1983)
    Playboy of the Western World
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Pegeen Mike
    • 1983
  • Rod Taylor in Cry of the Innocent (1980)
    Cry of the Innocent
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Maureen
    • 1980

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Bairbra Dowling
  • Born
    • March 27, 1953
    • Dublin, Ireland
  • Died
    • January 20, 2016
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(short illness)
  • Spouse
    • Colm Meaney1977 - 1994 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Played "Geraldine" in "Stella by Starlight", a play by Bernard Farrell, with Caitlin Shannon in the cast. (Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, California, USA).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Daughter of Irish-American actor, Vincent Dowling and Brenda Doyle (d. 1981, auto accident). Formerly married to Irish actor Colm Meaney.

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