Dora Bryan

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 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. 

Tentang

Stage Name: Dora Bryan

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.2323

Jenis Kelamin: Perempuan

Tanggal Lahir: 1923-02-07

Lokasi Lahir: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK

Riwayat Perfilman

2005

MirrorMask

Aunt Nan

2000

Doctors

Lily Anderson

1998

dinnerladies

Connie

1995

Bed

Bosom Lady

1993

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Molly Bramley

1992

Heartbeat

Jane Thompson

1991

Performance

Bosom Lady

1991

Palmer

Monica

1989

Apartment Zero

Margaret McKinney

1986

Casualty

Hester Blewett

1983

Screamtime

Emma

1972

Both Ends Meet

Dora Page

1972

Up the Front

Cora Crumpington

1971

Hands of the Ripper

Mrs. Golding

1967

Two A Penny

Ruby Hopkins

1966

The Sandwich Man

Mrs. De Vere

1960

Hello London

herself

1960

The Night We Got the Bird

Julie Skidmore

1959

Operation Bullshine

Pvt. Cox

1959

Desert Mice

Gay Bennett

1957

Small Hotel

(uncredited)

1956

The Green Man

Lily

1955

The Sooty Show

Herself

1955

You Lucky People!

Hortense Tipp

1954

Harmony Lane

Comedian

1954

Mad About Men

Berengaria

1954

The Young Lovers

Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

1954

Fast and Loose

Mary Rawlings, the maid

1953

The Intruder

Dora Bee

1953

The Fake

Barmaid

1953

Street Corner

Prostitute

1952

The Ringer

Mrs. Hackett

1952

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Peggy Stebbins

1952

Gift Horse

Glad Flanagan

1952

13 East Street

Valerie

1951

High Treason

Mrs. Bowers

1951

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Movie Publicist

1951

Scarlet Thread

Maggie

1951

Circle of Danger

Bubbles Fitzgerald

1951

The Quiet Woman

Elsie Tripp

1950

No Trace

Maisie

1950

The Blue Lamp

Maisie

1949

The Cure for Love

Jenny Jenkins

1949

The Interrupted Journey

the waitress

1949

Don't Ever Leave Me

Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)

1949

Adam and Evelyne

Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)

1949

Now Barabbas

Winnie

1949

The Perfect Woman

Model in Shop

1949

Once Upon a Dream

Barmaid

1948

No Room at the Inn

The Girl

1947

Odd Man Out

Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)