Dora Bryan
Age: N/A | From: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Дора Брайен , Dora May Broadbent
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Casualty
(1986) Hester Blewett
Doctors
(2000) Lily Anderson
Heartbeat
(1992) Jane Thompson
Performance
(1991) Bosom Lady
The Fallen Idol
(1948) Rose
A Taste of Honey
(1961) Helen
Odd Man Out
(1947) Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
MirrorMask
(2005) Aunt NanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Aunt Nan | |
| 2000 | Lily Anderson | |
| 1998 | Connie | |
| 1996 | Millie | |
| 1995 | Bosom Lady | |
| 1994 | N/A | |
| 1993 | Molly Bramley | |
| 1992 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Jane Thompson | ||
| 1991 | Bosom Lady | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1989 | Margaret McKinney | |
| 1986 | Hester Blewett | |
| 1983 | Emma | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1973 | Roz | |
| Ros | ||
| 1972 | Cora Crumpington | |
| 1971 | Mrs. Golding | |
| 1967 | Ruby Hopkins | |
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | Mrs. De Vere | |
| Amber Spottiswood | ||
| 1961 | Helen | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| herself | ||
| Julie Skidmore | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Pvt. Cox | |
| Gay Bennett | ||
| 1958 | Norah | |
| Telephonist | ||
| 1957 | (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Lily | |
| Cassie | ||
| 1955 | Myrtie | |
| May | ||
| Herself | ||
| Hortense Tipp | ||
| 1954 | Comedian | |
| Berengaria | ||
| Marge | ||
| Switchboard Operator (uncredited) | ||
| Mary Rawlings, the maid | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Dora Bee | |
| Barmaid | ||
| Prostitute | ||
| Olga | ||
| 1952 | Mrs. Hackett | |
| Pearl | ||
| Tilly | ||
| Peggy Stebbins | ||
| Glad Flanagan | ||
| Valerie | ||
| Miss La Fosse | ||
| 1951 | Movie Publicist | |
| N/A | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Bubbles Fitzgerald | ||
| Elsie Tripp | ||
| 1950 | Eva | |
| Maisie | ||
| Waitress | ||
| Maisie | ||
| 1949 | Jenny Jenkins | |
| the waitress | ||
| Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| Winnie | ||
| Model in Shop | ||
| Barmaid | ||
| 1948 | The Girl | |
| Rose | ||
| 1947 | Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
