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Dora Bryan
Born · February 7, 1923
Died · July 23, 2014 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Bio
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.
MirrorMask
Aunt Nan
6.4
2005
Doctors
Lily Anderson · (1 episode)
4.8
2000
dinnerladies
Connie · (1 episode)
7.4
1998
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Millie
7.3
1996
Bed
Bosom Lady
0.0
1995
Mother's Ruin
(6 episodes)
7.0
1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Molly Bramley · (1 episode)
6.0
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
Dolly · (1 episode)
7.6
1992
Virtual Murder
(1 episode)
6.5
1992
Heartbeat
Jane Thompson · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Performance
Bosom Lady · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Palmer
Monica
7.0
1991
On the Up
(19 episodes)
6.3
1990
Apartment Zero
Margaret McKinney
6.7
1989
Casualty
Hester Blewett · (1 episode)
6.0
1986
Screamtime
Emma
4.3
1983
An Audience with...
Self · (2 episodes)
5.3
1978
Last of the Summer Wine
Roz · (62 episodes)
7.1
1973
Last of the Summer Wine
Ros · (1 episode)
7.1
1973
Both Ends Meet
Dora Page · (7 episodes)
0.0
1972
Up the Front
Cora Crumpington
4.1
1972
Hands of the Ripper
Mrs. Golding
6.3
1971
Two A Penny
Ruby Hopkins
1.5
1967
Before The Fringe
(14 episodes)
0.0
1967
The Sandwich Man
Mrs. De Vere
6.1
1966
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Amber Spottiswood
5.9
1966
The Dream Machine
Self
7.0
1964
A Taste of Honey
Helen
7.0
1961
Alice Through the Looking Box
0.0
1960
Hello London
herself
5.0
1960
The Night We Got the Bird
Julie Skidmore
4.5
1960
Follow That Horse!
0.0
1960
Operation Bullshine
Pvt. Cox
5.1
1959
Desert Mice
Gay Bennett
6.0
1959
Carry On Sergeant
Norah
6.3
1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Telephonist
6.0
1958
Small Hotel
(uncredited)
6.5
1957
The Green Man
Lily
7.0
1956
Child in the House
Cassie
5.8
1956
The Cockleshell Heroes
Myrtie
6.0
1955
As Long as They're Happy
May
7.7
1955
The Sooty Show
Herself · (2 episodes)
6.1
1955
You Lucky People!
Hortense Tipp
5.2
1955
Harmony Lane
Comedian
0.0
1954
Mad About Men
Berengaria
6.1
1954
The Crowded Day
Marge
5.4
1954
The Young Lovers
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
6.0
1954
Fast and Loose
Mary Rawlings, the maid
5.8
1954
You Know What Sailors Are
4.2
1954
The Intruder
Dora Bee
7.2
1953
The Fake
Barmaid
5.5
1953
Street Corner
Prostitute
5.8
1953
Women of Twilight
Olga
5.3
1953
The Real Thing
Dora
0.0
1953
The Ringer
Mrs. Hackett
5.8
1952
Miss Robin Hood
Pearl
7.5
1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Tilly
4.2
1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Peggy Stebbins
8.0
1952
Gift Horse
Glad Flanagan
6.6
1952
13 East Street
Valerie
5.2
1952
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
Miss La Fosse
6.0
1952
High Treason
Mrs. Bowers
5.3
1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie Publicist
5.8
1951
No Highway in the Sky
6.9
1951
Scarlet Thread
Maggie
4.9
1951
Circle of Danger
Bubbles Fitzgerald
6.5
1951
The Quiet Woman
Elsie Tripp
5.8
1951
Traveller's Joy
Eva
5.7
1950
No Trace
Maisie
6.8
1950
Something in the City
Waitress
5.7
1950
The Blue Lamp
Maisie
6.6
1950
The Cure for Love
Jenny Jenkins
0.0
1949
The Interrupted Journey
the waitress
6.0
1949
Don't Ever Leave Me
Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
7.5
1949
Adam and Evelyne
Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
6.6
1949
Now Barabbas
Winnie
6.5
1949
The Perfect Woman
Model in Shop
6.0
1949
Once Upon a Dream
Barmaid
6.0
1949
No Room at the Inn
The Girl
7.0
1948
The Fallen Idol
Rose
7.2
1948
Odd Man Out
Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
7.3
1947
According To Dora
(14 episodes)
0.0