Ray Dooley

Ray Dooley (born Rachel Rice Dool; died January 28, 1984) was a vaudeville performer in the [Ziegfeld Follies with others including W. C. Fields, Will Rogers and Fanny Brice. From there she moved to other musical stage performances. Ray Dooley was born in Glasgow, Scotland as Rachel Rice Dool to Robert Rogers Dooley, an Irish-born circus clown. (The family name was later changed to Dooley.) Her brothers, Gordon, Johnny, and Willie Dooley, were also performers. According to Port of Philadelphia immigration records, Mrs. Mary Doole [sic], aged 29, arrived with her small children, Will (aged four), John (aged two) and Rachel, (11 mos. old), as passengers on board the Manitoban in June 1890. They had sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, and their destination was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.She made her performing debut in a minstrel show in Philadelphia She played "babies and brats" in the Ziegfeld Follies after World War I with W. C. Fields, Will Rogers, and Fanny Brice, among others. From there she moved to musical stage performances.