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Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK

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Dora Bryan

Known for: Acting

Birthday: 1923-02-07

Deathday: 2014-07-23 (91 years old)

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Biography

Dora May Broadbent, (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014), known as Dora Bryan, was a British actress of stage, film and television. Her autobiography According to Dora was published in 1987. In 1996, she was awarded the OBE in recognition of her services to acting and the same year she was awarded a Laurence Olivier Award for her role in the West End production of the Harold Pinter play The Birthday Party. She was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions, in April 1962 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at her home in Brighton, and in January 1989 when Michael Aspel surprised her on the stage of the Opera House at the curtain call of Hello, Dolly!. An exhibition about Bryan opened on 13 September 2013 at Rottingdean Museum.

Filmography

All 76

Movies 62

TV Shows 14

Dora Bryan

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Filmography

All 76

Movies 62

TV Shows 14

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)

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)

The Sandwich Man (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)

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)

Known for
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1923-02-07

Deathday
2014-07-23 (91 years old)

Birth name
Dora May Broadbent

Place of birth
Parbold, United Kingdom

Religion
Anglicanism

Relationships
Bill Lawton (1954-01-01 - 2008-01-01)

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom

Also known as
Дора Брайен

Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Laurence Olivier Award