Dora Bryan actress
- All known tv series 17
- Total known movies 64
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 Britains 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.
Margaret McKinney
Movie 1989
Helen
Movie 1961
Norah
Movie 1958
Amber Spottiswood
Movie 1966
Myrtie
Movie 1955
Cora Crumpington
Movie 1972
Maisie
Movie 1950
Mrs. Golding
Movie 1971
Maisie
Movie 1950
Telephonist
Movie 1958
Barmaid
Movie 1953
Winnie
Movie 1949
Mary Rawlings, the maid
Movie 1954
Hortense Tipp
Movie 1955
Ruby Hopkins
Movie 1967
Pearl
Movie 1952
Bosom Lady
Movie 1995
Julie Skidmore
Movie 1960
Eva
Movie 1950
Pvt. Cox
Movie 1959
Movie 1954
the waitress
Movie 1949
Mrs. Bowers
Movie 1951
Gay Bennett
Movie 1959
Tilly
Movie 1952
Waitress
Movie 1950
Dora
Movie 1953
Movie 1960
Movie 1960
Elsie Tripp
Movie 1951
Glad Flanagan
Movie 1952
Monica
Movie 1991
Cassie
Movie 1956
Valerie
Movie 1952
herself
Movie 1960
Prostitute
Movie 1953
Lily
Movie 1956
Miss La Fosse
Movie 1952
Olga
Movie 1953
Comedian
Movie 1954
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Movie 1954
Movie Publicist
Movie 1951
Dora Bee
Movie 1953
Rose
Movie 1948
Emma
Movie 1983
Jenny Jenkins
Movie 1949
Peggy Stebbins
Movie 1952
Marge
Movie 1954
May
Movie 1955
Movie 1951
(uncredited)
Movie 1957
Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
Movie 1947
Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Movie 1949
Model in Shop
Movie 1949
Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
Movie 1949
Tv 1990
Jane Thompson
Tv 1992
Roz
Tv 1973
Tv 1992
Tv 1967
Tv
Bosom Lady
Tv 1991
Hester Blewett
Tv 1986
Self
Tv 1978
Herself
Tv 1955
Tv 1994
Molly Bramley
Tv 1993
Lily Anderson
Tv 2000
Dora Page
Tv 1972
Ros
Tv 1973
