Dorris Estelle Bowdon (December 27 1914 – August 9 2005) was an American actress best known for her role as Rosasharn in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda. Bowdon was born in Coldwater Mississippi one of 7 children. She was married to Nunnally Johnson from 1939 until his death in 1977 and they had three children together the first of whom was born in 1943 which prematurely ended Bowden’s acting career.
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