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All About Robert Downey Jr.'s Late Mom, Elsie Ford


Robert Downey Jr.'s mom, Elsie Ford, was an actress who starred in many of Robert Downey Sr.'s films. Here's everything to know about Robert Downey Jr.'s late mom, Elsie Ford.

Ford starred in many of Downey Sr.'s films, including Chafed Elbows, Greaser's Palace and Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight, in which she played not one, but 17 different characters. During a 2020 interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Downey Jr. talked about how his mother voiced her concern over his role in Tropic Thunder — where he played a method actor who surgically darkens his skin for a war movie. Robert Downey Jr. and son Indio during Los Angeles Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' "The Shaggy Dog" at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, United States.E.

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