Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 07, 1923
Died
Jul 23, 2014
Place of Birth
Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits
87 titles
Dora Bryan
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
Filmography
MirrorMask
Aunt Nan
Thora Hird Tribute
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
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
On the Up
Apartment Zero
Margaret McKinney
Casualty
Hester Blewett
Screamtime
Emma
An Audience with...
Self
Last of the Summer Wine
Roz
Up the Front
Auntie Cora Crumpington
Both Ends Meet
Dora Page
Hands of the Ripper
Mrs. Golding
Two a Penny
Ruby Hopkins
Before The Fringe
The Sandwich Man
Mrs. De Vere
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Amber Spottiswood
The Dream Machine
Self
World in Action
A Taste of Honey
Helen
Happily Ever After
Dora Morgan
Alice Through the Looking Box
Queen
Hello London
herself
The Night We Got the Bird
Julie Skidmore
Follow That Horse!
Operation Bullshine
Pvt. Cox
Desert Mice
Gay Bennett
Educating Archie
Carry On Sergeant
Norah
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Telephonist
Small Hotel
(uncredited)
Theatre Night
Julie Skidmore
The Green Man
Lily
Child in the House
Cassie
The Cockleshell Heroes
Myrtie
You Lucky People!
Hortense Tipp
As Long as They're Happy
May
The Sooty Show
Herself
Harmony Lane
Comedian
Mad About Men
Berengaria