Actress Doris Bowden died of heart
failure and stroke at age 90 on August 9, 2005. Ms. Bowden was the
widow of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nunnally Johnson. She was also
the grandmother of actor Jack Johnson who played Will Robinson in the
feature film version of "Lost in Space." Ms.
Bowden was best known for her performance as Rose-of-Sharon in John
Ford’s classic film "The Grapes of Wrath." Ms.
Bowden is pictured on the far left of the photo with Henry Fonda and
Jane Darwell in a still from the 20th Century Fox Oscar
winner. Ms. Bowden also worked with director Ford in "Young
Mr. Lincoln" and "Drums Along the Mohawk."
Ms. Bowden’s husband wrote the script for "The Grapes of
Wrath" just as he wrote the script for Ms. Bowden’s final
screen appearance: "The Moon is Down." Both
films were based on novels by John Steinbeck. |