Dora Bryan

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1923 · Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK

Biographie

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.

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Filmographie

6.4
Mirrormask
2005
2005 · Aunt Nan
4.8
Doctors
2000
2000 · Lily Anderson
7.4
Hippies
1999
1999 · Dame Nelly Fletcher
7.5
dinnerladies
1998
1998 · Connie
7.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
1996 · Millie
7.0
Bed
1995
1995 · Bosom Lady
7.5
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
1993 · Molly Bramley
7.6
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
1992 · Dolly
7.0
Virtual Murder
1992
1992 · Mrs Mim
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
1992 · Jane Thompson
6.3
Performance
1991
1991 · Bosom Lady
4.0
Palmer
1991
1991 · Monica
6.7
Apartment Zero
1989
1989 · Margaret McKinney
6.2
Casualty
1986
1986 · Hester Blewett
4.0
Screamtime
1983
1983 · Emma
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
1973 · Roz
4.4
Up the Front
1972
1972 · Auntie Cora Crumpington
Both Ends Meet
8.0
Both Ends Meet
1972
1972 · Dora Page
6.2
La Fille de Jack l'Éventreur
1971
1971 · Mrs. Golding
3.5
Two a Penny
1967
1967 · Ruby Hopkins
6.5
The Sandwich Man
1966
1966 · Mrs. De Vere
6.2
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
1966 · Amber Spottiswood
7.1
Un goût de miel
1961
1961 · Helen
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
1961
1961 · Dora Morgan
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
1960 · Queen
6.3
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
1960 · Julie Skidmore
5.5
Operation Bullshine
1959
1959 · Pvt. Cox
6.2
Desert Mice
1959
1959 · Gay Bennett
6.4
Allez-y, Sergent !
1958
1958 · Norah
6.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
1958 · Telephonist
7.0
Small Hotel
1957
1957 · (uncredited)
Theatre Night
1957
1957 · Julie Skidmore
7.0
Une bombe pas comme les autres
1956
1956 · Lily
6.6
Child in the House
1956
1956 · Cassie
5.9
Commando dans la Gironde
1955
1955 · Myrtie
5.4
You Lucky People!
1955
1955 · Hortense Tipp
7.5
As Long as They're Happy
1955
1955 · May
Harmony Lane
1954
1954 · Comedian
6.5
Folle des hommes
1954
1954 · Berengaria
5.8
The Crowded Day
1954
1954 · Marge
6.1
The Young Lovers
1954
1954 · Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
6.6
Fast and Loose
1954
1954 · Mary Rawlings, the maid
7.6
The Intruder
1953
1953 · Dora Bee
5.9
The Fake
1953
1953 · Barmaid
5.5
Street Corner
1953
1953 · Prostitute
6.0
Women of Twilight
1953
1953 · Olga
The Real Thing
The Real Thing
1953
1953 · Dora
6.1
L'assassin a de l'humour
1952
1952 · Mrs. Hackett
8.1
Miss Robin Hood
1952
1952 · Pearl
4.3
Mother Riley contre le Robot
1952
1952 · Tilly
8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
1952 · Peggy Stebbins
6.6
Commando sur Saint-Nazaire
1952
1952 · Glad Flanagan
6.0
13 East Street
1952
1952 · Valerie
6.2
Whispering Smith Hits London
1952
1952 · Miss La Fosse
5.7
High Treason
1951
1951 · Mrs. Bowers
5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
1951 · Movie Publicist
5.2
Scarlet Thread
1951
1951 · Maggie
6.5
L'enquête est close
1951
1951 · Bubbles Fitzgerald
6.2
The Quiet Woman
1951
1951 · Elsie Tripp
6.3
Traveller's Joy
1950
1950 · Eva
7.2
No Trace
1950
1950 · Maisie
6.0
Something in the City
1950
1950 · Waitress
6.6
La lampe bleue
1950
1950 · Maisie
7.0
The Cure for Love
1949
1949 · Jenny Jenkins
5.8
The Interrupted Journey
1949
1949 · the waitress
7.7
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
1949 · Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
7.0
Adam et Evelyne
1949
1949 · Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949
1949 · Winnie
6.4
The Perfect Woman
1949
1949 · Model in Shop
6.8
Once Upon a Dream
1949
1949 · Barmaid
8.5
No Room at the Inn
1948
1948 · The Girl
7.2
Première désillusion
1948
1948 · Rose
7.3
Huit heures de sursis
1947
1947 · Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)