- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 7, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- July 23, 2014
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 Lauren…
Filmography
movieMirrorMask
2005 · Aunt Nan
movieThora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self (archive footage, uncredited)
tvDoctors
2000 · Lily Anderson
tvHippies
1999 · Dame Nelly Fletcher
tvdinnerladies
1998 · Connie
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996 · Millie
movieBed
1995 · Bosom Lady
Mother's Ruin
tvMother's Ruin
1994
tvFrank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Molly Bramley
tvAbsolutely Fabulous
1992 · Dolly
tvVirtual Murder
1992 · Mrs Mim
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Jane Thompson
tvPerformance
1991 · Bosom Lady
moviePalmer
1991 · Monica
tvOn the Up
1990
movieApartment Zero
1989 · Margaret McKinney
tvCasualty
1986 · Hester Blewett
movieScreamtime
1983 · Emma
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · Self
tvLast of the Summer Wine
1973 · Roz
movieUp the Front
1972 · Auntie Cora Crumpington
Both Ends Meet
tvBoth Ends Meet
1972 · Dora Page
movieHands of the Ripper
1971 · Mrs. Golding
movieTwo a Penny
1967 · Ruby Hopkins
Before The Fringe
tvBefore The Fringe
1967
movieThe Sandwich Man
1966 · Mrs. De Vere
movieThe Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966 · Amber Spottiswood
The Dream Machine
movieThe Dream Machine
1964 · Self
tvWorld in Action
1963
movieA Taste of Honey
1961 · Helen
Happily Ever After
tvHappily Ever After
1961 · Dora Morgan
movieAlice Through the Looking Box
1960 · Queen
Hello London
movieHello London
1960 · herself
movieThe Night We Got the Bird
1960 · Julie Skidmore
Follow That Horse!
movieFollow That Horse!
1960
movieOperation Bullshine
1959 · Pvt. Cox
movieDesert Mice
1959 · Gay Bennett
Educating Archie
tvEducating Archie
1958
movieCarry On Sergeant
1958 · Norah
movieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958 · Telephonist
movieSmall Hotel
1957 · (uncredited)
tvTheatre Night
1957 · Julie Skidmore
movieThe Green Man
1956 · Lily
movieChild in the House
1956 · Cassie
movieThe Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · Myrtie
movieYou Lucky People!
1955 · Hortense Tipp
movieAs Long as They're Happy
1955 · May
tvThe Sooty Show
1955 · Herself
movieHarmony Lane
1954 · Comedian
movieMad About Men
1954 · Berengaria
movieThe Crowded Day
1954 · Marge
movieThe Young Lovers
1954 · Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
movieFast and Loose
1954 · Mary Rawlings, the maid
movieYou Know What Sailors Are
1954
movieThe Intruder
1953 · Dora Bee
movieThe Fake
1953 · Barmaid
movieStreet Corner
1953 · Prostitute
movieWomen of Twilight
1953 · Olga
The Real Thing
movieThe Real Thing
1953 · Dora
movieThe Ringer
1952 · Mrs. Hackett
movieMiss Robin Hood
1952 · Pearl
movieMother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952 · Tilly
movieTime, Gentlemen, Please!
1952 · Peggy Stebbins
movieGift Horse
1952 · Glad Flanagan
movie13 East Street
1952 · Valerie
movieWhispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952 · Miss La Fosse
movieHigh Treason
1951 · Mrs. Bowers
movieLady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Movie Publicist
movieNo Highway in the Sky
1951
movieScarlet Thread
1951 · Maggie
movieCircle of Danger
1951 · Bubbles Fitzgerald
movieThe Quiet Woman
1951 · Elsie Tripp
movieTraveller's Joy
1950 · Eva
movieNo Trace
1950 · Maisie
movieSomething in the City
1950 · Waitress
movieThe Blue Lamp
1950 · Maisie
movieThe Cure for Love
1949 · Jenny Jenkins
movieThe Interrupted Journey
1949 · the waitress
movieDon't Ever Leave Me
1949 · Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
movieAdam and Evelyne
1949 · Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
movieNow Barabbas
1949 · Winnie
movieThe Perfect Woman
1949 · Model in Shop
movieOnce Upon a Dream
1949 · Barmaid
movieNo Room at the Inn
1948 · The Girl
movieThe Fallen Idol
1948 · Rose
movieOdd Man Out
1947 · Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
According To Dora
tvAccording To Dora
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