Dora Bryan
- Recitazione
- 7 febbraio 1923 · Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
- 23 luglio 2014
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- MirrorMask · Aunt Nan
- Thora Hird Tribute · In persona
- Doctors · Lily Anderson
- Hippies · Dame Nelly Fletcher
- dinnerladies · Connie
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout · Millie
- Bed · Bosom Lady
- Mother's Ruin
- Frank Stubbs Promotes · Molly Bramley
- Absolutely Fabulous · Dolly
- Virtual Murder · Mrs Mim
- Heartbeat · Jane Thompson
- Performance · Bosom Lady
- Palmer · Monica
- Apartment Zero · Margaret McKinney
- Casualty · Hester Blewett
- Brividi di paura · Emma
- An Audience with... · In persona
- Last of the Summer Wine · Roz
- Up the Front · Auntie Cora Crumpington
- Both Ends Meet · Dora Page
- Gli artigli dello squartatore · Mrs. Golding
- Two a Penny · Ruby Hopkins
- Before the Fringe
- The Sandwich Man · Mrs. De Vere
- La rapina più scassata del secolo · Amber Spottiswood
- The Dream Machine · In persona
- World in Action
- Sapore di miele · Helen
- Happily Ever After · Dora Morgan
- Alice Through the Looking Box · Queen
- Hello London · In persona
- The Night We Got the Bird · Julie Skidmore
- Follow That Horse!
- Operation Bullshine · Pvt. Cox
- Desert Mice · Gay Bennett
- Educating Archie
- La grande s...parata · Norah
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Telephonist
- Small Hotel · (uncredited)
- Theatre Night · Julie Skidmore
- Assassino di fiducia · Lily
- Child in the House · Cassie
- Sopravvissuti: 2 · Myrtie
- You Lucky People! · Hortense Tipp
- La pace torna in casa Bentley · May
- The Sooty Show · In persona
- Harmony Lane · Comedian
- Mad About Men · Berengaria
- The Crowded Day · Marge
- Giovani amanti · Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
- Fast and Loose · Mary Rawlings, the maid
- You Know What Sailors Are
- The Intruder · Dora Bee
- The Fake · Barmaid
- Street Corner · Prostitute
- Women of Twilight · Olga
- The Real Thing · Dora
- L'uomo dai cento volti · Mrs. Hackett
- Miss Robin Hood · Pearl
- Mother Riley Meets the Vampire · Tilly
- Time, Gentlemen, Please! · Peggy Stebbins
- Il cacciatorpediniere maledetto · Glad Flanagan
- 13 East Street · Valerie
- La morte colpisce a tradimento · Miss La Fosse
- SOS Scotland Yard · Mrs. Bowers
- Lady Godiva Rides Again · Movie Publicist
- Il viaggio indimenticabile
- Scarlet Thread · Maggie
- La cortina del silenzio · Bubbles Fitzgerald
- The Quiet Woman · Elsie Tripp
- Traveller's Joy · Eva
- No Trace · Maisie
- Something in the City · Waitress
- I giovani uccidono · Maisie
- The Cure for Love · Jenny Jenkins
- The Interrupted Journey · the waitress
- Don't Ever Leave Me · Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
- Adamo ed Evelina · Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
- Now Barabbas · Winnie