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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
MirrorMask
Character:Aunt Nan
Release Date:25/01/2005
Thora Hird Tribute
Character:Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Release Date:30/03/2003
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Character:Millie
Release Date:06/11/1996
Bed
Character:Bosom Lady
Release Date:20/10/1995
Palmer
Character:Monica
Release Date:05/01/1991
Apartment Zero
Character:Margaret McKinney
Release Date:02/09/1989
Screamtime
Character:Emma
Release Date:01/01/1983
Up the Front
Character:Auntie Cora Crumpington
Release Date:14/07/1972
Hands of the Ripper
Character:Mrs. Golding
Release Date:17/10/1971
Two a Penny
Character:Ruby Hopkins
Release Date:31/12/1967
The Sandwich Man
Character:Mrs. De Vere
Release Date:15/07/1966
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Character:Amber Spottiswood
Release Date:11/03/1966
The Dream Machine
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/1964
A Taste of Honey
Character:Helen
Release Date:01/10/1961
Alice Through the Looking Box
Character:Queen
Release Date:25/12/1960
Hello London
Character:herself
Release Date:05/11/1960
The Night We Got the Bird
Character:Julie Skidmore
Release Date:03/11/1960
Follow That Horse!
Character:
Release Date:11/07/1960
Operation Bullshine
Character:Pvt. Cox
Release Date:30/06/1959
Desert Mice
Character:Gay Bennett
Release Date:05/01/1959
Carry On Sergeant
Character:Norah
Release Date:31/08/1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character:Telephonist
Release Date:21/01/1958
Small Hotel
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/1957
The Green Man
Character:Lily
Release Date:21/12/1956
Child in the House
Character:Cassie
Release Date:14/08/1956
The Cockleshell Heroes
Character:Myrtie
Release Date:16/11/1955
You Lucky People!
Character:Hortense Tipp
Release Date:18/07/1955
As Long as They're Happy
Character:May
Release Date:15/03/1955
Harmony Lane
Character:Comedian
Release Date:20/11/1954
Mad About Men
Character:Berengaria
Release Date:16/11/1954
The Crowded Day
Character:Marge
Release Date:01/10/1954
The Young Lovers
Character:Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Release Date:24/08/1954
Fast and Loose
Character:Mary Rawlings, the maid
Release Date:12/02/1954
You Know What Sailors Are
Character:
Release Date:09/02/1954
The Intruder
Character:Dora Bee
Release Date:18/10/1953
The Fake
Character:Barmaid
Release Date:25/09/1953
Street Corner
Character:Prostitute
Release Date:17/03/1953
Women of Twilight
Character:Olga
Release Date:16/01/1953
The Real Thing
Character:Dora
Release Date:01/01/1953
The Ringer
Character:Mrs. Hackett
Release Date:24/11/1952
Miss Robin Hood
Character:Pearl
Release Date:12/11/1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Character:Tilly
Release Date:11/07/1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Character:Peggy Stebbins
Release Date:01/07/1952
Gift Horse
Character:Glad Flanagan
Release Date:01/06/1952
13 East Street
Character:Valerie
Release Date:01/03/1952
Whispering Smith Hits London
Character:Miss La Fosse
Release Date:01/01/1952
High Treason
Character:Mrs. Bowers
Release Date:13/11/1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Character:Movie Publicist
Release Date:25/10/1951
No Highway in the Sky
Character:
Release Date:28/06/1951
Scarlet Thread
Character:Maggie
Release Date:01/05/1951
Circle of Danger
Character:Bubbles Fitzgerald
Release Date:17/04/1951
The Quiet Woman
Character:Elsie Tripp
Release Date:01/03/1951
Traveller's Joy
Character:Eva
Release Date:25/12/1950
No Trace
Character:Maisie
Release Date:08/09/1950
Something in the City
Character:Waitress
Release Date:01/09/1950
The Blue Lamp
Character:Maisie
Release Date:19/01/1950
The Cure for Love
Character:Jenny Jenkins
Release Date:29/12/1949
The Interrupted Journey
Character:the waitress
Release Date:11/10/1949
Don't Ever Leave Me
Character:Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
Release Date:19/07/1949
Adam and Evelyne
Character:Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Release Date:31/05/1949
Now Barabbas
Character:Winnie
Release Date:24/05/1949
The Perfect Woman
Character:Model in Shop
Release Date:23/05/1949
Once Upon a Dream
Character:Barmaid
Release Date:01/02/1949
No Room at the Inn
Character:The Girl
Release Date:22/11/1948
The Fallen Idol
Character:Rose
Release Date:30/09/1948
Odd Man Out
Character:Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
Release Date:30/01/1947
Television Appearances
Doctors
Character:Lily Anderson
Hippies
Character:Dame Nelly Fletcher
dinnerladies
Character:Connie
Mother's Ruin
Character:
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Character:Molly Bramley
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Dolly
Virtual Murder
Character:
Heartbeat
Character:Jane Thompson
Performance
Character:Bosom Lady
On the Up
Character:
Casualty
Character:Hester Blewett
An Audience with...
Character:Self
Last of the Summer Wine
Character:Roz
Both Ends Meet
Character:Dora Page
Before The Fringe
Character:
Happily Ever After
Character:Dora Morgan
Educating Archie
Character:
Theatre Night
Character:Julie Skidmore
The Sooty Show
Character:Herself
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