Dora Bryan


    Starbirth:
    February 7, 1923
    Supernova:
    July 23, 2014
    Birthplace:
    Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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Overview

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. 


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
MirrorMask Aunt Nan 2005
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout Millie 1996
Bed Bosom Lady 1995
Apartment Zero Margaret McKinney 1989
Screamtime Emma 1983
Up the Front Cora Crumpington 1972
Hands of the Ripper Mrs. Golding 1971
Two A Penny Ruby Hopkins 1967
The Sandwich Man Mrs. De Vere 1966
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery Amber Spottiswood 1966
A Taste of Honey Helen 1961
Alice Through the Looking Box 1960
Hello London herself 1960
The Night We Got the Bird Julie Skidmore 1960
Follow That Horse! 1960
Operation Bullshine Pvt. Cox 1959
Desert Mice Gay Bennett 1959
Carry On Sergeant Norah 1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk Telephonist 1958
Small Hotel (uncredited) 1957
The Green Man Lily 1956
Child in the House Cassie 1956
The Cockleshell Heroes Myrtie 1955
As Long as They're Happy May 1955
You Lucky People Hortense Tipp 1955
Harmony Lane Comedian 1954
Mad About Men Berengaria 1954
The Crowded Day Marge 1954
The Young Lovers Switchboard Operator (uncredited) 1954
Fast and Loose Mary Rawlings, the maid 1954
You Know What Sailors Are 1954
The Intruder Dora Bee 1953
The Fake Barmaid 1953
Street Corner Prostitute 1953
Women of Twilight Olga 1953
The Ringer Mrs. Hackett 1952
Miss Robin Hood Pearl 1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire Tilly 1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please! Peggy Stebbins 1952
Gift Horse Glad Flanagan 1952
13 East Street Valerie 1952
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard Miss La Fosse 1952
High Treason Mrs. Bowers 1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again Movie Publicist 1951
No Highway 1951
Scarlet Thread Maggie 1951
Circle of Danger Bubbles Fitzgerald 1951
The Quiet Woman Elsie Tripp 1951
Traveller's Joy Eva 1950
No Trace Maisie 1950
Something in the City Waitress 1950
The Blue Lamp Maisie 1950
The Cure for Love Jenny Jenkins 1949
The Interrupted Journey the waitress 1949
Adam and Evelyne Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited) 1949
Now Barabbas Winnie 1949
The Perfect Woman Model in Shop 1949
Once Upon a Dream Barmaid 1949
No Room at the Inn The Girl 1948
The Fallen Idol Rose 1948
Odd Man Out Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited) 1947
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Heartbeat Jane Thompson <mt>
On the Up <blank> <mt>
Last of the Summer Wine Roz <mt>
Before The Fringe <blank> <mt>
Absolutely Fabulous <blank> <mt>
Virtual Murder <blank> <mt>
According To Dora <blank> <mt>
An Audience with... Self <mt>
The Sooty Show Herself <mt>
Casualty Hester Blewett <mt>
Doctors Lily Anderson <mt>
Last of the Summer Wine Ros <mt>
Dinnerladies Connie <mt>
Mother's Ruin <blank> <mt>
Frank Stubbs Promotes Molly Bramley <mt>
Performance Bosom Lady <mt>
Both Ends Meet Dora Page <mt>
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