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.
Filmography
all 78
Movies 63
TV Shows 15
self 5
MirrorMask (2005)
Another Audience With Ken Dodd (2002)
Doctors (2000)
Dinnerladies (1998)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (1996)
Bed (1995)
Mother's Ruin (1994)
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993)
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Virtual Murder (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
Performance (1991)
On the Up (1990)
Apartment Zero (1989)
Casualty (1986)
Screamtime (1983)
An Audience with... (1978)
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Up the Front (1972)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Two A Penny (1967)
Before The Fringe (1967)
That Swinging City (1966)
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
The Dream Machine (1964)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
Hello London (1960)
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
Follow That Horse! (1960)
Operation Bullshine (1959)
Desert Mice (1959)
Carry On Sergeant (1958)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Small Hotel (1957)
The Green Man (1956)
Child in the House (1956)
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
As Long as They're Happy (1955)
The Sooty Show (1955)
You Lucky People (1955)
Harmony Lane (1954)
Mad About Men (1954)
The Crowded Day (1954)
The Young Lovers (1954)
Fast and Loose (1954)
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
The Intruder (1953)
The Fake (1953)
Street Corner (1953)
Women of Twilight (1953)
The Ringer (1952)
Miss Robin Hood (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Gift Horse (1952)
13 East Street (1952)
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard (1952)
High Treason (1951)
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
No Highway (1951)
Scarlet Thread (1951)
Circle of Danger (1951)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
Traveller's Joy (1950)
No Trace (1950)
Something in the City (1950)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
The Cure for Love (1949)
The Interrupted Journey (1949)
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
Now Barabbas (1949)
The Perfect Woman (1949)
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
No Room at the Inn (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Odd Man Out (1947)
According To Dora
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1923-02-07
Deathday2014-07-23 (91 years old)
Birth NameDora May Broadbent
Birth PlaceParbold, United Kingdom
ReligionAnglicanism
RelationshipsBill Lawton (1954-01-01 - 2008-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsДора Брайен, Dora May Broadbent
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Laurence Olivier Award
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