Dora Bryan
Known for: Acting
Born: February 7, 1923
Died: July 23, 2014
Place of birth: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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
66 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
6.4
MirrorMask
2005
NR
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
4.8
Doctors
2000
7.4
Hippies
1999
7.5
dinnerladies
1998
7.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
7.0
Bed
19957.0
Mother's Ruin
1994
7.5
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
7.6
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
7.0
Virtual Murder
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
6.3
Performance
1991
4.0
Palmer
1991
6.8
On the Up
1990
6.7
Apartment Zero
1989
6.2
Casualty
1986
4.0
Screamtime
1983
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
4.4
Up the Front
19728.0
Both Ends Meet
1972
6.2
Hands of the Ripper
1971
3.5
Two a Penny
1967NR
Before The Fringe
1967
6.5
The Sandwich Man
1966
6.2
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
19667.0
The Dream Machine
1964
7.0
World in Action
1963
7.1
A Taste of Honey
1961NR
Happily Ever After
1961
NR
Alice Through the Looking Box
19607.0
Hello London
1960
6.3
The Night We Got the Bird
196010.0
Follow That Horse!
1960
5.5
Operation Bullshine
1959
6.2
Desert Mice
1959NR
Educating Archie
1958
6.4
Carry On Sergeant
1958
6.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
7.0
Small Hotel
1957
NR
Theatre Night
1957
7.0
The Green Man
1956
6.6
Child in the House
1956
5.9
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
5.4
You Lucky People!
1955
7.5
As Long as They're Happy
1955
6.4
The Sooty Show
1955
NR
Harmony Lane
1954
6.5
Mad About Men
1954
5.8
The Crowded Day
1954
6.1
The Young Lovers
1954
6.6
Fast and Loose
1954
5.2
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
7.6
The Intruder
1953
5.9
The Fake
1953
5.5
Street Corner
1953
6.0
Women of Twilight
1953NR
The Real Thing
1953
6.0
The Ringer
1952
8.1
Miss Robin Hood
1952
4.3
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
6.6
Gift Horse
1952
6.0
13 East Street
1952
6.2
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952
5.7
High Treason
1951
5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
7.0
No Highway in the Sky
1951
5.2
Scarlet Thread
1951
6.5
Circle of Danger
1951
6.2
The Quiet Woman
1951
6.3
Traveller's Joy
1950
7.2
No Trace
1950
6.0
Something in the City
1950
6.6
The Blue Lamp
1950
7.0
The Cure for Love
1949
5.8
The Interrupted Journey
1949
7.7
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
7.0
Adam and Evelyne
1949
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949
6.4
The Perfect Woman
1949
6.8
Once Upon a Dream
1949
8.5
No Room at the Inn
1948
7.2
The Fallen Idol
1948
7.3
Odd Man Out
1947NR
According To Dora
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