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 82
Movies 66
TV Shows 16
self 4
MirrorMask (2005)
Another Audience With Ken Dodd (2002)
Doctors (2000)
Dinnerladies (1998)
Bed (1995)
Mother's Ruin (1994)
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993)
Heartbeat (1992)
Performance (1991)
Apartment Zero (1989)
Casualty (1986)
Both Ends Meet (1972)
Up the Front (1972)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Two A Penny (1967)
The Sandwich Man (1966)
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Hello London (1960)
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
Follow That Horse! (1960)
Operation Bullshine (1959)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Small Hotel (1957)
The Sooty Show (1955)
You Lucky People (1955)
Harmony Lane (1954)
Mad About Men (1954)
The Young Lovers (1954)
Fast and Loose (1954)
The Intruder (1953)
The Fake (1953)
Street Corner (1953)
The Ringer (1952)
Made in Heaven (1952)
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Gift Horse (1952)
13 East Street (1952)
High Treason (1951)
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
Circle of Danger (1951)
No Trace (1950)
The Cure for Love (1949)
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
Now Barabbas (1949)
The Perfect Woman (1949)
No Room at the Inn (1948)
Odd Man Out (1947)
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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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