Acting credits
75
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dora Bryan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.2
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Movies: 61Series: 14
TMDB ID: 43626
IMDb ID: nm0116932
Known for: Acting
Born: February 7, 1923
Died: July 23, 2014
Age: 91
Place of birth: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 2005
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q5297392
Also known as
Дора Брайен • Dora May Broadbent
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dora Bryan.
6.4
MirrorMask
as Aunt Nan
2005 Movie
7.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Millie
1996 Movie
Bed
as Bosom Lady
1995 Movie
4.0
Palmer
as Monica
1991 Movie
6.7
Apartment Zero
as Margaret McKinney
1989 Movie
3.8
Screamtime
as Emma
1983 Movie
4.2
Up the Front
as Auntie Cora Crumpington
1972 Movie
6.1
Hands of the Ripper
as Mrs. Golding
1971 Movie
1.7
Two a Penny
as Ruby Hopkins
1967 Movie
6.1
The Sandwich Man
as Mrs. De Vere
1966 Movie
6.1
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Amber Spottiswood
1966 Movie
7.0
A Taste of Honey
as Helen
1961 Movie
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Queen
1960 Movie
4.5
The Night We Got the Bird
as Julie Skidmore
1960 Movie
5.1
Operation Bullshine
as Pvt. Cox
1959 Movie
6.0
Desert Mice
as Gay Bennett
1959 Movie
6.4
Carry On Sergeant
as Norah
1958 Movie
6.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Telephonist
1958 Movie
6.5
Small Hotel
as (uncredited)
1957 Movie
6.9
The Green Man
as Lily
1956 Movie
5.8
Child in the House
as Cassie
1956 Movie
5.9
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Myrtie
1955 Movie
5.2
You Lucky People!
as Hortense Tipp
1955 Movie
7.7
As Long as They're Happy
as May
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dora Bryan.
4.7
Doctors
as Lily Anderson • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.2
Hippies
as Dame Nelly Fletcher • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.4
dinnerladies
as Connie • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.0
Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Molly Bramley • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
as Dolly • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.5
Virtual Murder
1 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Jane Thompson • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Performance
as Bosom Lady • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.2
On the Up
19 eps
1990 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Hester Blewett • 1 eps
1986 Series
5.3
An Audience with...
as Self • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
as Roz • 60 eps
1973 Series
Theatre Night
as Julie Skidmore • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
The Sooty Show
as Herself • 2 eps
1955 Series