Deaths Elsewhere: Ray Dooley
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Deaths elsewhere
Ray Dooley, 93, a vaudevillian who performed with W.C. Fields, Fannie Brice and Will Rogers in the Ziegfeld Follies during the 1920s, died Saturday at her home in Long Island, N.Y. Dooley was best known for her roles as a bratty child in the musical comedy productions. After leaving vaudeville in 1927, she starred in "Sidewalks of New York," produced by her husband, Eddie Dowling, and appeared with Fields in the "Earl of Vanities." She made a comeback in 1948 with a dramatic role in "Hope's the Thing."
Ray Dooley, 93, a vaudevillian who performed with W.C. Fields, Fannie Brice and Will Rogers in the Ziegfeld Follies during the 1920s, died Saturday at her home in Long Island, N.Y. Dooley was best known for her roles as a bratty child in the musical comedy productions. After leaving vaudeville in 1927, she starred in "Sidewalks of New York," produced by her husband, Eddie Dowling, and appeared with Fields in the "Earl of Vanities." She made a comeback in 1948 with a dramatic role in "Hope's the Thing."
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