War of the Buttons
Dowling's first film appearance was in Francis Ford Coppola's "Dementia 13" (1963). She acted with her husband in the PBS television film "Playboy of the Western World" in 1983, in John Huston's 1987 film "The Dead", and in the 1994 drama "War of the Buttons". She also appeared in John Boorman's "Zardoz" (1973), and "Changing Habits" (1997). American television credits included roles in "Murder She Wrote", "Crossing Jordan", "Days of our Lives", "" and "ER". On RTÉ, she was known for a long-running role in "The Riordans".