Doris Bowden
   

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.