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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 7, 1923
Died
July 23, 2014
Place of Birth
Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Дора Брайен
- Dora May Broadbent
Dora Bryan
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Aunt Nan
MirrorMask
2005
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0.0
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
4.7
Lily Anderson
Doctors
2000
7.2
Dame Nelly Fletcher
Hippies
1999
7.4
Connie
dinnerladies
1998
7.3
Millie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
0.0
Bosom Lady
Bed
1995
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7.0
Mother's Ruin
1994
6.0
Molly Bramley
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
7.5
Dolly
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Credits
MirrorMask
as Aunt Nan
2005
6.4
🎬
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
0.0
Doctors
as Lily Anderson
2000
4.7
Hippies
as Dame Nelly Fletcher
1999
7.2
dinnerladies
as Connie
1998
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Millie
1996
7.3
Bed
as Bosom Lady
1995
0.0
🎬
Mother's Ruin
1994
7.0
Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Molly Bramley
1993
6.0
Absolutely Fabulous
as Dolly
1992
7.5
Virtual Murder
1992
6.5
Heartbeat
as Jane Thompson
1992
7.1
Performance
as Bosom Lady
1991
6.0
Palmer
as Monica
1991
4.0
On the Up
1990
6.2
Apartment Zero
as Margaret McKinney
1989
6.7
Casualty
as Hester Blewett
1986
6.1
Screamtime
as Emma
1983
3.7
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
Last of the Summer Wine
as Roz
1973
7.1
Up the Front
as Auntie Cora Crumpington
1972
4.2
🎬
Both Ends Meet
as Dora Page
1972
0.0
Hands of the Ripper
as Mrs. Golding
1971
6.1
Two a Penny
as Ruby Hopkins
1967
1.7
🎬
Before The Fringe
1967
0.0
The Sandwich Man
as Mrs. De Vere
1966
6.1
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Amber Spottiswood
1966
6.1
🎬
The Dream Machine
as Self
1964
7.0
A Taste of Honey
as Helen
1961
6.9
🎬
Happily Ever After
as Dora Morgan
1961
0.0
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Queen
1960
0.0
🎬
Hello London
as herself
1960
5.0
The Night We Got the Bird
as Julie Skidmore
1960
4.5
🎬
Follow That Horse!
1960
0.0
Operation Bullshine
as Pvt. Cox
1959
5.1
Desert Mice
as Gay Bennett
1959
6.0
🎬
Educating Archie
1958
0.0
Carry On Sergeant
as Norah
1958
6.4
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Telephonist
1958
6.0
Small Hotel
as (uncredited)
1957
6.5
Theatre Night
as Julie Skidmore
1957
0.0
The Green Man
as Lily
1956
6.9
Child in the House
as Cassie
1956
5.8
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Myrtie
1955
5.9
You Lucky People!
as Hortense Tipp
1955
5.2
As Long as They're Happy
as May
1955
7.7
The Sooty Show
as Herself
1955
6.0
Harmony Lane
as Comedian
1954
0.0
Mad About Men
as Berengaria
1954
6.4
The Crowded Day
as Marge
1954
5.4
The Young Lovers
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1954
6.0
Fast and Loose
as Mary Rawlings, the maid
1954
6.3
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
4.2
The Intruder
as Dora Bee
1953
7.2
The Fake
as Barmaid
1953
5.5
Street Corner
as Prostitute
1953
5.4
Women of Twilight
as Olga
1953
5.3
🎬
The Real Thing
as Dora
1953
0.0
The Ringer
as Mrs. Hackett
1952
5.8
Miss Robin Hood
as Pearl
1952
7.6
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Tilly
1952
4.2
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Peggy Stebbins
1952
8.0
Gift Horse
as Glad Flanagan
1952
6.6
13 East Street
as Valerie
1952
5.2
Whispering Smith Hits London
as Miss La Fosse
1952
6.0
High Treason
as Mrs. Bowers
1951
5.3
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Movie Publicist
1951
5.8
No Highway in the Sky
1951
7.0
Scarlet Thread
as Maggie
1951
4.9
Circle of Danger
as Bubbles Fitzgerald
1951
6.5
The Quiet Woman
as Elsie Tripp
1951
5.8
Traveller's Joy
as Eva
1950
5.7
No Trace
as Maisie
1950
6.8
Something in the City
as Waitress
1950
5.7
The Blue Lamp
as Maisie
1950
6.6
The Cure for Love
as Jenny Jenkins
1949
6.0
The Interrupted Journey
as the waitress
1949
5.7
Don't Ever Leave Me
as Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
1949
7.5
Adam and Evelyne
as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
1949
6.6
Now Barabbas
as Winnie
1949
6.5
The Perfect Woman
as Model in Shop
1949
6.0
Once Upon a Dream
as Barmaid
1949
6.0
No Room at the Inn
as The Girl
1948
7.0
The Fallen Idol
as Rose
1948
7.2
Odd Man Out
as Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
1947
7.3
🎬
According To Dora
N/A
0.0