Dora Bryan
Born February 07, 1923 (Age: 103)
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Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
MirrorMask
2005
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as Aunt Nan
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Age: 81
Palmer
1991
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as Monica
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Age: 67
Apartment Zero
1989
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as Margaret McKinney
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Age: 66
Up the Front
1972
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as Auntie Cora Crumpington
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Age: 49
No Image
The Dream Machine
1964
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as Self
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Age: 41
A Taste of Honey
1961
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as Helen
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Age: 38
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
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as Queen
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Age: 37
No Image
Hello London
1960
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as herself
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Age: 37
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
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as Julie Skidmore
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Age: 37
No Image
Follow That Horse!
1960
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as
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Age: 37
Operation Bullshine
1959
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as Pvt. Cox
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Age: 36
Desert Mice
1959
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as Gay Bennett
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Age: 35
Carry On Sergeant
1958
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as Norah
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Age: 35
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
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as Telephonist
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Age: 34
The Green Man
1956
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as Lily
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Age: 33
Child in the House
1956
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as Cassie
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Age: 33
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
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as Myrtie
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Age: 32
You Lucky People!
1955
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as Hortense Tipp
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Age: 32
As Long as They're Happy
1955
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as May
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Age: 32
Harmony Lane
1954
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as Comedian
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Age: 31
Mad About Men
1954
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as Berengaria
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Age: 31
The Crowded Day
1954
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as Marge
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Age: 31
The Young Lovers
1954
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as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
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Age: 31
Fast and Loose
1954
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as Mary Rawlings, the maid
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Age: 31
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
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as
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Age: 31
The Intruder
1953
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as Dora Bee
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Age: 30
The Fake
1953
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as Barmaid
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Age: 30
Street Corner
1953
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as Prostitute
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Age: 30
Women of Twilight
1953
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as Olga
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Age: 29
No Image
The Real Thing
1953
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as Dora
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Age: 29
Traveller's Joy
1950
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as Eva
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Age: 27
No Trace
1950
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as Maisie
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Age: 27
Something in the City
1950
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as Waitress
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Age: 27
The Blue Lamp
1950
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as Maisie
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Age: 26