Dora Bryan
Dora May Bryan OBE was an English actress of stage, film and television. Born Dora May Broadbent, her career began in pantomime as a child actor. In World War II she joined the ENSA in Italy to entertain British troops.
After having established herself as a versatile stage actress, covering everything from drama and comedy to musicals, she started to appear in film in the late 1940s, and in 1968 she even had her own TV series, "According to Dora". At one point in her career she was Britain's highest-paid star.
She was active on stage until the mid 1990s and continued to work in film and television until 2005, when she finally had to give up the acting profession as she could no longer remember her lines.
Her autobiography According To Dora was published in 1987. In 1996, she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her services to acting and the same year she was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for her role in the West End production of the Harold Pinter play "The Birthday Party".
She was married to British cricket player Bill Lawton from 1954 to his death in 2008. She lived in a nursing home in Hove, outside Brighton, until her death in 2014.
Fotos
Películas (66)
MirrorMask
2005 · Aunt Nan
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996 · Millie
Bed
1995 · Bosom Lady
Palmer
1991 · Monica
Apartment Zero
1989 · Margaret McKinney
Screamtime
1983 · Emma
Up the Front
1972 · Auntie Cora Crumpington
Hands of the Ripper
1971 · Mrs. Golding
Two a Penny
1967 · Ruby Hopkins
The Sandwich Man
1966 · Mrs. De Vere
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966 · Amber Spottiswood
The Dream Machine
1964 · Self
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Helen
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960 · Queen
Hello London
1960 · herself
The Night We Got the Bird
1960 · Julie Skidmore
Follow That Horse!
1960
Operation Bullshine
1959 · Pvt. Cox
Desert Mice
1959 · Gay Bennett
Carry On Sergeant
1958 · Norah
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958 · Telephonist
Small Hotel
1957 · (uncredited)
The Green Man
1956 · Lily
Child in the House
1956 · Cassie
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · Myrtie
You Lucky People!
1955 · Hortense Tipp
As Long As They're Happy
1955 · May
Harmony Lane
1954 · Comedian
Mad About Men
1954 · Berengaria
The Crowded Day
1954 · Marge
The Young Lovers
1954 · Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
1954 · Mary Rawlings, the maid
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
The Intruder
1953 · Dora Bee
The Fake
1953 · Barmaid
Street Corner
1953 · Prostitute
Women of Twilight
1953 · Olga
The Real Thing
1953 · Dora
The Ringer
1952 · Mrs. Hackett
Miss Robin Hood
1952 · Pearl
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952 · Tilly
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952 · Peggy Stebbins
Gift Horse
1952 · Glad Flanagan
13 East Street
1952 · Valerie
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952 · Miss La Fosse
High Treason
1951 · Mrs. Bowers
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Movie Publicist
No Highway in the Sky
1951
Scarlet Thread
1951 · Maggie
Circle of Danger
1951 · Bubbles Fitzgerald
The Quiet Woman
1951 · Elsie Tripp
Traveller's Joy
1950 · Eva
No Trace
1950 · Maisie
Something in the City
1950 · Waitress
The Blue Lamp
1950 · Maisie
The Cure for Love
1949 · Jenny Jenkins
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · the waitress
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949 · Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
Adam and Evelyne
1949 · Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Now Barabbas
1949 · Winnie
The Perfect Woman
1949 · Model in Shop
Once Upon a Dream
1949 · Barmaid
No Room at the Inn
1948 · The Girl
The Fallen Idol
1948 · Rose
Odd Man Out
1947 · Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
Series (20)
Doctors
2000 · Lily Anderson
Hippies
1999 · Dame Nelly Fletcher
dinnerladies
1998 · Connie
Mother's Ruin
1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Molly Bramley
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Dolly
Virtual Murder
1992 · Mrs Mim
Heartbeat
1992 · Jane Thompson
Performance
1991 · Bosom Lady
Casualty
1986 · Hester Blewett
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Roz
Both Ends Meet
1972 · Dora Page
Before the Fringe
1967
World in Action
1963
Happily Ever After
1961 · Dora Morgan
Educating Archie
1958
Theatre Night
1957 · Julie Skidmore
The Sooty Show
1955 · Herself
According To Dora