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. 

Filmek -tól nem elérhető Dora Bryan

Apartment Zero

Margaret McKinney

Film 1989

A Taste of Honey

Helen

Film 1961

Carry On Sergeant

Norah

Film 1958

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Amber Spottiswood

Film 1966

The Cockleshell Heroes

Myrtie

Film 1955

Up the Front

Cora Crumpington

Film 1972

No Trace

Maisie

Film 1950

Hands of the Ripper

Mrs. Golding

Film 1971

The Blue Lamp

Maisie

Film 1950

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Telephonist

Film 1958

The Fake

Barmaid

Film 1953

Now Barabbas

Winnie

Film 1949

Fast and Loose

Mary Rawlings, the maid

Film 1954

You Lucky People!

Hortense Tipp

Film 1955

Two A Penny

Ruby Hopkins

Film 1967

Miss Robin Hood

Pearl

Film 1952

Bed

Bosom Lady

Film 1995

The Night We Got the Bird

Julie Skidmore

Film 1960

Traveller's Joy

Eva

Film 1950

Operation Bullshine

Pvt. Cox

Film 1959

You Know What Sailors Are

Film 1954

The Interrupted Journey

the waitress

Film 1949

High Treason

Mrs. Bowers

Film 1951

Desert Mice

Gay Bennett

Film 1959

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Tilly

Film 1952

Something in the City

Waitress

Film 1950

The Real Thing

Dora

Film 1953

Alice Through the Looking Box

Film 1960

Follow That Horse!

Film 1960

The Quiet Woman

Elsie Tripp

Film 1951

Gift Horse

Glad Flanagan

Film 1952

Palmer

Monica

Film 1991

Child in the House

Cassie

Film 1956

13 East Street

Valerie

Film 1952

Hello London

herself

Film 1960

Street Corner

Prostitute

Film 1953

The Green Man

Lily

Film 1956

Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard

Miss La Fosse

Film 1952

Women of Twilight

Olga

Film 1953

Harmony Lane

Comedian

Film 1954

The Young Lovers

Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Film 1954

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Movie Publicist

Film 1951

The Intruder

Dora Bee

Film 1953

The Fallen Idol

Rose

Film 1948

Screamtime

Emma

Film 1983

The Cure for Love

Jenny Jenkins

Film 1949

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Peggy Stebbins

Film 1952

The Crowded Day

Marge

Film 1954

As Long as They're Happy

May

Film 1955

No Highway in the Sky

Film 1951

Small Hotel

(uncredited)

Film 1957

Odd Man Out

Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)

Film 1947

Adam and Evelyne

Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)

Film 1949

The Perfect Woman

Model in Shop

Film 1949

Don't Ever Leave Me

Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)

Film 1949

Serie televisive -tól nem elérhető Dora Bryan

On the Up

Tv 1990

Heartbeat

Jane Thompson

Tv 1992

Last of the Summer Wine

Roz

Tv 1973

Virtual Murder

Tv 1992

Before The Fringe

Tv 1967

According To Dora

Tv

Performance

Bosom Lady

Tv 1991

Casualty

Hester Blewett

Tv 1986

An Audience with...

Self

Tv 1978

The Sooty Show

Herself

Tv 1955

Mother's Ruin

Tv 1994

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Molly Bramley

Tv 1993

Doctors

Lily Anderson

Tv 2000

Both Ends Meet

Dora Page

Tv 1972

Last of the Summer Wine

Ros

Tv 1973